Wiszniów

Wiszniów [ˈviʂɲuf] 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] Wiszniów is located on the south-eastern edge of the Mircze commune, on the Bukowa River on the border of the Kotlina Hrubieszowska and Grzęda Sokalska.

The village is mainly of agricultural and fruit production owing to its suitable conditions.

[2] In 2011, the population was 584, making Wiszniów the second largest village in the Mircze commune.

Wiszniów was a possession of Makosiej, there were 5 farmland, 5 hedgehogs, 1 artisan and 4 surveyors.

The Kiełczewskis lived in Wiszniów in a wooden mansion.

Another church was built in 1669, it was funded by King Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

The new church was founded by Michał Radecki and Franciszek Świeżawski in 1780.

Demography