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Zamch is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obsza, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Zamch
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Kościół - Zamch.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Saints Josaphat and Praxedes church
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lublin
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Biłgoraj
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Obsza
Settlement.pushpin_map
Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.population_total
1500
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Zamch
Country
Poland
Located in
Gmina Obsza
Population
1270
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Zamch Centrum.jpg
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Commons category
Zamch
postal code
23-413
male population
634
female population
636
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Encyclopedic overview

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Zamch is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Obsza, within Biłgoraj County, Lublin Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.

==History== Zamch was a starostwo, administered by the Pilecki and Zamoyski noble families. In 1578, in Zamch, Jan Zamoyski received the Polish King Stephen Bathory, and leading Polish Renaissance poet Jan Kochanowski also visited the village.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zamch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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