Kuryłówka is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

Leżajsk County Leżajsk County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. ...

Subcarpathian Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship, or province, in the southeastern corner of Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów. Along with the Marshal, it is governed by the Subcarpathian Regional As ...

, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...

(administrative district) called

Gmina Kuryłówka __NOTOC__ Gmina Kuryłówka is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kuryłówka, which lies approximately northeast of Leżajsk and north-east ...

. It lies on the navigable San River, approximately north-east of Leżajsk and north-east of the regional capital

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów is the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship and the county seat, seat of Rzeszów C ...

. The village is located in the historical region Galicia. The village was first mentioned in 1515, although the settlement in this place already existed in

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. In 1978, Aleksandra Gruszczyńska from the District Museum in

conducted archaeological research during which the remains of a settlement from the Roman period were discovered. June 29, 1944 invasion of

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. It was the site of

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resistance after World War II (see: Battle of Kurylowka). In 2007 it was damaged by a

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. As of 2021, the population is 1,747 people, which would make up 31.7% of the total population of the gmina.

Transportation

Voivodeship road 877 passes through Kuryłówka and nearby settlements of Naklik,

Kulno Kulno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuryłówka, within Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Kuryłówka, north-east of Leżajsk, and north-east of the regi ...

, Stare Miasto, Leżajsk. County road 1250R branches off of road 877, heading south and connecting the villages of

Tarnawiec Tarnawiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuryłówka, within Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Kuryłówka, north-east of Leżajsk, and north-east of ...

, Ożanna, Dąbrowica,

Kolonia Polska Kolonia Polska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kuryłówka, within Leżajsk County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Kuryłówka, east of Leżajsk, and north-east of the re ...

, and Cieplice. Kuryłówka has a bus stop adjacent to the government office

Government Services

Kuryłówka is the seat of Gmina Kuryłówka, where the government office is. It is located at Kuryłówka 527. Along with the government office, Kuryłówka has a post office, social welfare center, primary school, cultural center (located inside the government office building), and library.

Notable people

* Tomasz Czapla *

Janusz Dolny Janusz is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius. People * Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter * Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician * Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic p ...

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Antoni Wyspiański Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of the ...

References

Villages in Leżajsk County {{Leżajsk-geo-stub

Transportation

Government Services

Notable people

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