Kamionka

Infobox Settlement
name = Kamionka
settlement_type = Village
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Lublin
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Lubartów
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Kamionka
latd = 51
latm = 28
lats = 18
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 27
longs = 46
longEW = E
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population_total = 1800
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Kamionka IPA-pl| [|k|a|'|m|j|o|n|k|a|] is a village in Lubartów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kamionka. It lies approximately convert|10|km|mi|0 west of Lubartów and convert|26|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of the regional capital Lublin. The village has a population of 1,800.

History

A village which used to be a town and still retains the grid layout of streets, which makes it different from most local villages which are usually of a ribbon development along one road. The first mention comes in 1450, and it received its town rights in the late 15th century - which it held until 1863. in 1531 the current parish Church: was built, replacing an earlier wooden Church: from 1459. The wooden Church: had been a protestant Church: for a while after 1570. In the 18th century the village was famous for linen, but it had a poor location for trading. To the north of the village is a large wood of coniferous trees. There is also a small settlement consisting of 2 farmsteads at the edge of a large wood, 2 km to the north, with the same name.

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