Florynka ( rue, Фльоринка, ''Fliorynka'') is a village in southern

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, in the commune of

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Nowy Sącz County __NOTOC__ Nowy Sącz County ( pl, powiat nowosądecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of ...

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. It lies approximately south of

, east of

Nowy Sącz Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It ha ...

, and south-east of the regional capital

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History

* 1785 – 745 Greek Catholics, 10 Roman Catholics, the village lands comprised 20.22 km² * 1840 – 992 Greek Catholics * 1859 – 1205 Greek Catholics * 1879 – 928 Greek Catholics * 1899 – 1150 Greek Catholics * 1926 – 1108 Greek Catholics * 1936 – 228 Greek Catholics – village switched to Orthodoxy, afterwards there were 1246 Orthodox, 57 Roman Catholics and 37 Jews Florynka was the place of origin of the short-lived Lemko-Rusyn Republic from 1918 to 1920. The village was incorporated into the Lemko Apostolic Administration in 1934. The Lemko inhabitants of the village were removed in

Operation Vistula Operation Vistula ( pl, Akcja Wisła; uk, Опера́ція «Ві́сла») was a codename for the 1947 forced resettlement of 150,000 Ukrainians ( Boykos and Lemkos) from the south-eastern provinces of post-war Poland, to the Recovered Ter ...

in 1947, and scattered to 30 different villages in 6 counties.

Church

The Saint Michael Church was built in 1875 and survived to this day. The village Vafka 3 km away was served by the priest Florynka.

Notable people from Florynka

* Emil Czyrniański (1824–1888), chemist * Walery Jaworski (1849–1924), physician

References

Villages in Nowy Sącz County Lemko Region {{LesserPoland-geo-stub