Horyniec-Zdrój
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Horyniec-Zdrój h is a village
in Lubaczów County
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
, in south-eastern Poland
, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the border with Ukraine
. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój
. It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Lubaczów
and 99 km (62 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów
. The village has a population of 2,700.
Horyniec-Zdrój is a spa village
with three large sanitariums - CRR KRUS (Horyniec-Zdrój), Bajka (Horyniec-Zdrój) and Uzdrowisko Horyniec (Horyniec-Zdrój) (Sanitarium Horyniec-Zdrój). The population consists largely of farmer
s, owning their own small farms.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Lubaczów County
Lubaczów County
Lubaczów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and...
, Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Subcarpathian Voivodeship
Podkarpackie Voivodeship , or Subcarpathian Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in extreme-southeastern Poland. Its administrative capital and largest city is Rzeszów...
, in south-eastern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the border with Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
(administrative district) called Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój
Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój
Gmina Horyniec-Zdrój is a rural gmina in Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland, on the border with Ukraine...
. It lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Lubaczów
Lubaczów
Lubaczów is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 12,405 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , it is the capital of Lubaczów County and is located 50 kilometers northeast of Przemyśl....
and 99 km (62 mi) east of the regional capital Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
. The village has a population of 2,700.
Horyniec-Zdrój is a spa village
Spa town
A spa town is a town situated around a mineral spa . Patrons resorted to spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. The word comes from the Belgian town Spa. In continental Europe a spa was known as a ville d'eau...
with three large sanitariums - CRR KRUS (Horyniec-Zdrój), Bajka (Horyniec-Zdrój) and Uzdrowisko Horyniec (Horyniec-Zdrój) (Sanitarium Horyniec-Zdrój). The population consists largely of farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
s, owning their own small farms.