Miętkie, Lublin Voivodeship

Miętkie
Village
Miętkie
Coordinates: 50°39′N 23°49′E / 50.650°N 23.817°E / 50.650; 23.817
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Hrubieszów
Gmina	Mircze

Miętkie [ˈmjɛntkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mircze, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.^[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Mircze, 20 km (12 mi) south of Hrubieszów, and 110 km (68 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

History

World War II

In March 1944, Mietkie was one of hundreds of locales attacked by Polish partisans in acts of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Ukrainian population. 105 villagers were brutally murdered and 160 houses destroyed.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ Ther, Philipp; Siljak, Ana (2001). Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948. Oxford: Rowman & Littfield. p. 174.

Gmina Mircze

Seat	Mircze

Other villages	Ameryka Andrzejówka Borsuk Dąbrowa Górka-Zabłocie Kryłów Kryłów-Kolonia Łasków Małków Małków-Kolonia Marysin Miętkie Miętkie-Kolonia Modryń Modryń-Kolonia Modryniec Mołożów Mołożów-Kolonia Prehoryłe Radostów Rulikówka Smoligów Stara Wieś Szychowice Tuczapy Wereszyn Wiszniów

Coordinates: 50°39′00″N 23°49′00″E / 50.6500°N 23.8167°E / 50.6500; 23.8167

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