| Burzec | |
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| Village | |
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  Burzec | |
| Coordinates: 51°47′N 22°16′E / 51.783°N 22.267°E / 51.783; 22.267 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Łuków |
| Gmina | Wojcieszków |
| Population | 850 |
Burzec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wojcieszków, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-west of Wojcieszków, 17 km (11 mi) south-west of Łuków, and 64 km (40 mi) north of the regional capital Lublin.
In the years 1975-1998 the town administratively belonged to the Siedlce Voivodeship.
In Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel The Deluge, the village is mentioned in the eleventh chapter as belonging to Jan Skrzetuski.
In the interwar period, Sienkiewicz's cousin Stefan Dmochowski lived in the local manor, as well as his brother Roman, the owner of the village Sarnów.
References
- "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, Potop, Tom I, str. 230, wydanie z 1888 roku.
- Emilia Stobińska-Józefacka: Palce lizać!, Lublin 1994, ISBN 83-03-03435-9, p. 39.
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