Łukawiec is located in south-eastern Poland. The administrative area of Łukawiec, together with several hamlets, is 35.80 km². Łukawiec is the largest town in the commune. The village is characterized by compact buildings with a chain character. Łukawiec is composed of several parts and hamlets, including Wola, Sydory, Tarnawskie, Zarzeka, Zabuczyna, Zacerkiew, Zakościół and Zagrobla.
Education
The figure of Bolesław Müller - the founder and manager of the local school is associated with Łukawiec, who in August 1939 was mobilized as a reserve officer of the Podhale regiment and fought in the September Campaign. He was then arrested and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp in Starobielsk where he shared the fate of Polish officers murdered in the East. The last message from him came from 1940. He died in Kharkov. The school building in Łukawiec houses a plaque commemorating his merits.
Religion
Most of the inhabitants are Catholics. Łukawiec parish was separated from the Lubaczów parish on July 1, 1754. Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, who was a personal secretary of John Paul II comes from Łukawiec.
Łukawiec is located on the Wooden Architecture Route.
Former Greek Catholic church of the Holy Spirit St. Dymitra Martyr, erected in 1701. Rebuilt in 1923. From 1947, unused. In the 1960s, changed to a warehouse. In 1987, damaged by a fire. Renovations with the restoration of the original appearance of the western part were carried out in 1990-1994. The object belongs to a group of traditional wooden churches of the Eastern Church. Its spatial layout - tripartite plan and single-body shape clearly refers to the oldest wooden churches from the 16th-17th century.
Former Roman Catholic Church of Epiphany, built in 1754. According to tradition, the church was purchased and transferred from Narola. The church was renewed many times. During the renovation in 1948-1950, the form of a turret for a signature was changed. During the renovation in 1974-1975, the vestibule was extended. The last renovation was carried out in 2007.
Nature Reserve "Moczary" in Łukawiec Forestry, created on April 19, 2005. Its area is 12.25 ha. Plants protected in the reserve include: nettle garlic, snowdrop snowdrop, eastern Carpathian peas, greenish podkolan, egg-shaped letter, silver crassula, orchid Fucha, snow-corm. The rare plants that occur in the reserve are among others sedge sedge, chervilus glabrata and vaginal cleansing.
