Bełżec (village)
Bełżec | |
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Village | |
Train station in Bełżec | |
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Coat of arms | |
Bełżec | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′N 23°26′E / 50.383°N 23.433°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lublin |
| County | Tomaszów |
| Gmina | Bełżec |
| First mentioned | 1515 |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,723 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | POL |
| Vehicle registration | LTM |
| National roads | |
| Voivodeship roads | |
| Website | http://www.belzec.pl |
Bełżec (English: /ˈbɛl.zɛk/ or /ˈbɛl.ʒɛts/, Polish: [ˈbɛu̯ʐɛt͡s]) is a village in Tomaszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) of Gmina Bełżec. It is located in the Roztocze region.
During World War II, the village was the site of the Nazi German Belzec extermination camp.