Żurawlów

Żurawlów
Village
Żurawlów
Coordinates: 50°49′N 23°29′E / 50.817°N 23.483°E / 50.817; 23.483
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Zamość County
Gmina	Grabowiec

Żurawlów [ʐuˈravluf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grabowiec, within Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Zamość and 80 km (50 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.^[1]

Protest

During summer 2013 "Occupy Chevron" protesters occupied the field near Żurawlów where Chevron Corporation plans to drill an exploratory well for shale gas.^[2]

References

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ "Poland’s Shale Gas Bubble ‘Bursting’". Peak Oil News. July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.

Gmina Grabowiec

Seat	Grabowiec

Other villages	Bereść Bronisławka Cieszyn Czechówka Dańczypol Grabowczyk Grabowiec-Góra Henrykówka Hołużne Majdan Tuczępski Ornatowice Ornatowice-Kolonia Rogów Siedlisko Skibice Skomorochy Duże Skomorochy Małe Szczelatyn Szystowice Tuczępy Wolica Uchańska Wólka Tuczępska Żurawlów

Coordinates: 50°49′N 23°29′E / 50.817°N 23.483°E / 50.817; 23.483

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