Korycin

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Korycin

| settlement_type = Village

| image_skyline = Korycin Kościół Znalezienia i Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego DSC 9100 ShiftN.jpg

| image_caption = Invention and Exaltation of the Holy Cross church at night

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Sokółka

| subdivision_type3 = Gmina

| subdivision_name3 = Korycin

| coordinates = {{coord|53|29|N|22|56|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}

| pushpin_map = Poland

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| elevation_m =

| population_total = 530

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| registration_plate = BSK

}}

Korycin ({{IPAc-pl|k|o|'|r|y|ć|i|n}}; {{langx|yi|קוריצין|Kartchin}}) is a village in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.{{TERYT}} It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Korycin. It lies approximately {{convert|39|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Sokółka and {{convert|44|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north of the regional capital Białystok.

In 1900, there were 411 Jews living in Korycin. Nearly all were murdered by the Germans and their collaborators during the Holocaust.{{cite web |title=JewishGen Locality Page - Korycin, Poland |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-509820 |website=JewishGen.org |publisher=JewishGen.org |access-date=18 January 2025}}

The Korycinski cheese is traditional food of Korycin, as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland.

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Category:Villages in Sokółka County

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