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Jarczów

Jarczów [ˈjart͡ʂuf] is a village in Tomaszów Lubelski County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Jarczów. It lies approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Tomaszów Lubelski and 118 km (73 mi) south-east of the regional capital Lublin.

During the Holocaust, the Jewish population of the town—numbering 250 to 400 Jews—was murdered at the Bełżec gas chambers.

The village has a current population of 876.