Bircza
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| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Subcarpathian |
| County | Przemyśl County |
| Gmina | Bircza |
| Population | 1,000 |
| Website | http://www.Bircza.pl |
Bircza [ˈbirt͡ʂa] (Ukrainian: Бірча) is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-west of Przemyśl and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów.[1] The village has a population of 1,000.
In Bircza was born Orthodox metropolitan Yov Boretsky and Jan Komski.
Before World War II, the Bircza area was home to a large Jewish community. Nearly all of them were murdered during the ensuing Holocaust.
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