- Miętkie, Lublin Voivodeship
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See also: Miętkie, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Miętkie — Village — 
MiętkieCoordinates: 50°39′N 23°49′E / 50.65°N 23.817°E Country 
PolandVoivodeship Lublin County Hrubieszów Gmina Mircze Miętkie [ˈmjɛntkʲɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mircze, within Hrubieszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Mircze, 20 km (12 mi) south of Hrubieszów, and 110 km (68 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.
History
World War II
In March of 1944, Mietkie was one of hundreds of locales attacked by Polish partisans in acts of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Ukrainian population. 105 villagers were brutally murdered and 160 houses destroyed.[2]
References
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa.
- ^ Ther, Phillip; Siljak, Ana (2001). Redrawing nations: ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948. Oxford: Rowman & Littfield. pp. 174.
Seat 
Other villages Ameryka • Andrzejówka • Borsuk • Dąbrowa • Górka-Zabłocie • Kryłów • Kryłów-Kolonia • Łasków • Małków • Małków-Kolonia • Marysin • Miętkie • Miętkie-Kolonia • Modryń • Modryń-Kolonia • Modryniec • Mołożów • Mołożów-Kolonia • Prehoryłe • Radostów • Rulikówka • Smoligów • Stara Wieś • Szychowice • Tuczapy • Wereszyn • WiszniówCategories:- Villages in Hrubieszów County
- Massacres of Ukrainians during World War II
- Hrubieszów County geography stubs
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