Chodel

Chodel [ˈxɔdɛl] is a village in Opole Lubelskie County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.^[1] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Chodel.

Chodel
Village
Market Square in Chodel
Chodel
Coordinates: 51°6′43″N 22°7′59″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lublin
County	Opole Lubelskie
Gmina	Chodel
Founded	1440
Elevation	163 m (535 ft)
Population
• Total	1,400
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The village has a population of 1,400.

History

Holy Trinity church in the mid-19th century

Chodel was founded in 1440.^[2] In c. 1530, castellan of Lublin, Bernard Maciejowski established the Renaissance Holy Trinity church, the local landmark church.^[2] Chodel was a rural town, whose populace was employed in agriculture.^[2] It had a population of 582 as of 1860.^[2]

Following the German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was occupied by Nazi Germany. During the Holocaust, the Jewish population of the town—numbering 750 to 950—was murdered.