__NOTOC__ Gmina Hajnówka ( Belarusian: Гміна Гайнаўка) is a rural

gmina The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...

(administrative district) in Hajnówka County,

Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province ( pl, Województwo podlaskie, ) is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. The name of the province and its territory correspond to the historic region of Podlachia. The capital and largest cit ...

, in north-eastern

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, on the border with

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. Its seat is the town of

Hajnówka Hajnówka (; be, Гайнаўка, ''Hajnaŭka''; uk, Гайнівка, ''Hainivka''; yi, האַדזשנאָװקאַ, ''Hachnovka''; russian: Хайнувка) is a town and a powiat seat in eastern Poland ( Podlaskie Voivodeship) with 21,442 ...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina. The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,273. It is one of five Polish/ Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the ''Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages'', which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside

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.Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141

Villages

Gmina Hajnówka contains the villages and settlements of Basen, Bielszczyzna, Bokówka, Borek, Borysówka, Chytra, Czyżyki, Dubicze Osoczne, Dubińska Ferma, Dubiny, Golakowa Szyja, Kotówka, Lipiny, Łozice, Majdan, Mikołajowy Las, Mochnate, Nowoberezowo, Nowokornino, Nowosady, Olchowa Kładka,

Olszyna Olszyna (german: Langenöls) is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Its name means "alder wood" in Polish. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Olszyna. A settlement dati ...

, Orzeszkowo, Pasieczniki Duże, Pasieczniki Wielkie, Pasieczniki-Stebki, Postołowo, Progale, Przechody, Puciska, Rzepiska, Sacharewo, Skryplewo, Smolany Sadek, Sorocza Nóżka, Sosnówka, Sowiny Grunt, Stare Berezowo, Topiło, Trywieża, Wasilkowo, Wygoda, Wygon and Zwodzieckie.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Hajnówka is bordered by the town of

and by the gminas of

Białowieża Białowieża ( be, Белавежа, Biełavieža) is a village (population 2,000 as of 2002) in Poland's Podlasie Province, in the middle of the Białowieża Forest, to which it gave its name. The village is some east of Hajnówka and southe ...

, Czyże, Dubicze Cerkiewne, Narew and

Narewka Narewka ( be, На́раўка) is a village in eastern Poland, with its population estimated at 935 residents (as of 2011). It is located in Gmina Narewka, Hajnówka County, within Podlaskie Voivodeship. The village is located near Poland's bo ...

. It also borders

References

Polish official population figures 2006

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