Wola Okrzejska

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

↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
↑ http://www.muzeumsienkiewicza.pl/

Gmina Krzywda

Seat	Krzywda

Other villages	Budki Cisownik Drożdżak Feliksin Fiukówka Gołe Łazy Huta Radoryska Huta-Dąbrowa Kasyldów Kożuchówka Laski Nowy Patok Okrzeja Podosie Radoryż Kościelny Radoryż Smolany Ruda Stary Patok Szczałb Teodorów Wielgolas Wola Okrzejska Zimna Woda

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

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