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Korycin
Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Korycin ([kɔˈrɨt͡ɕin]; Yiddish: קוריצין, romanized: Kartchin) is a village in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[2] It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Korycin.
The Korycinski cheese is traditional food of Korycin, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.
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History
Town rights were granted in 1671 and revoked in 1897.[3]
In 1900, there were 411 Jews living in Korycin. Nearly all were murdered by the Germans and their collaborators during the Holocaust.[4]
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