Wola Okrzejska

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Wola Okrzejska
Village
Wola Okrzejska
Wola Okrzejska
Coordinates: 51°45′N 22°8′E / 51.750°N 22.133°E / 51.750; 22.133
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Lublin
County Łuków
Gmina Krzywda
Population 980

Wola Okrzejska [ˈvɔla ɔˈkʂɛi̯ska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzywda, within Łuków County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Krzywda, 26 km (16 mi) south-west of Łuków, and 64 km (40 mi) north-west of the regional capital Lublin.[1]

The village has a population of 980.

Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum

The Museum of Henryk Sienkiewicz is located in Wola Okrzejska at 21-480 Okrzeja; Phone: 025 755 9000; Tel. / fax: 025 797 6000.[2]

Notable residents

Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist, was born there. Lewis Bernstein Namier, an English historian, was born there as well.

References

Coordinates: 51°45′N 22°8′E / 51.750°N 22.133°E / 51.750; 22.133

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