Łabunie is a

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Zamość County __NOTOC__ Zamość County ( pl, powiat zamojski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lublin Voivodeship, eastern Poland. It was established on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms ...

Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province (Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Che� ...

, in southeastern Poland. It is the seat of the

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(administrative district) called

Gmina Łabunie __NOTOC__ Gmina Łabunie is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Łabunie, which lies approximately south-east of Zamość and south-east of the regional cap ...

. It lies some southeast of

Zamość Zamość (; yi, זאמאשטש, Zamoshtsh; la, Zamoscia) is a historical city in southeastern Poland. It is situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodeship, about from Lublin, from Warsaw. In 2021, the population of Zamość was 62,021. ...

and southeast of the regional capital,

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. The village has a population of 1,670.

Sights

The landmarks of Łabunie are the

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Zamoyski Palace complex with an adjacent park, and the Our Lady of the Scapular church.

Sports

The local

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club is Sparta Łabunie. It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

* (1902–1943), Polish Army officer, member of the

Home Army The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...

and ''

Cichociemni ''Cichociemni'' (; the "Silent Unseen") were elite special-operations paratroopers of the Polish Army in exile, created in Great Britain during World War II to operate in occupied Poland (''Cichociemni Spadochroniarze Armii Krajowej''). Kazimierz ...

'' during

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Andrzej Kowerski Andrzej Kowerski (; 18 May 1912 in Łabunie, Zamość County, Lublin Province, eastern Poland – 8 December 1988 in Munich) was a Polish Army officer and SOE agent during World War II. From 1941 he used the ''nom de guerre'' Andrew Kennedy. ...

(1912–1988), Polish Army officer and SOE agent during

Gallery

Łabunie. Kościół MB Szkaplerznej 22.jpg, Our Lady of the Scapular church Łabunie. Pałac Zamoyskich. Park (1).jpg, Park Łabunie. Pałac Zamoyskich. Oficyna.jpg, Palace outbuilding Łabunie - krzyż.jpg, Wayside cross

References

Villages in Zamość County Kholm Governorate {{Zamość-geo-stub