Kosmin, Lublin Voivodeship
Encyclopedia
Kośmin ' is a village
in the administrative district of Gmina Żyrzyn
, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship
, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Żyrzyn
, 19 km (12 mi) north of Puławy, and 55 km (34 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin
.
Polish writer Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
was born here.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the administrative district of Gmina Żyrzyn
Gmina Zyrzyn
Gmina Żyrzyn is a rural gmina in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Żyrzyn, which lies approximately north-east of Puławy and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....
, within Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship
Lublin Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Lublin Voivodeship is divided into 24 counties : 4 city counties and 20 land counties. These are further divided into 213 gminas....
, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-west of Żyrzyn
Zyrzyn
Żyrzyn is a village in Puławy County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Żyrzyn. It lies approximately north-east of Puławy and north-west of the regional capital Lublin....
, 19 km (12 mi) north of Puławy, and 55 km (34 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin
Lublin
Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
.
Polish writer Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka was a Polish writer and World War II resistance fighter. She co-founded the wartime Polish organization Żegota, set up to assist Poland's Jews in escaping the Holocaust...
was born here.