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Gmina Michałowo is an urban-rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Białystok County,
Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern
Poland
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, on the border with
Belarus
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. Its seat is the town of
Michałowo
Michałowo ( be, Міхалова) is a town in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Michałowo. It lies appr ...
, which lies approximately east of the regional capital
Białystok. (Michałowo gained town status on 1 January 2009 – prior to that the district was classed as a rural gmina.)
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 7,263, out of which the population of Michałowo is 3,343.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Michałowo, the gmina contains the villages and settlements of
Bachury,
Bagniuki,
Barszczewo,
Bieńdziuga,
Bołtryki,
Bondary,
Borsukowizna,
Brzezina,
Budy,
Cisówka,
Ciwoniuki,
Dublany,
Garbary,
Gonczary,
Gorbacze,
Hieronimowo,
Hoźna,
Jałówka,
Julianka,
Juszkowy Gród,
Kalitnik,
Kamienny Bród,
Kazimierowo,
Kituryki,
Kobylanka,
Kokotowo,
Kokotowo-Leśniczówka,
Koleśne,
Kondratki,
Kopce,
Kowalowy Gród,
Krugły Lasek,
Krukowszczyzna,
Krynica,
Kuchmy-Kuce,
Kuchmy-Pietruki,
Kuryły,
Leonowicze,
Lewsze,
Maciejkowa Góra,
Majdan,
Marynka,
Michałowo-Kolonia,
Mościska,
Mostowlany-Kolonia,
Nowa Łuplanka,
Nowa Wola,
Nowe Kuchmy,
Nowosady,
Odnoga-Kuźmy,
Osiedle Bondary,
Oziabły,
Pieńki,
Pieńki-Kolonia,
Planty,
Pólko,
Potoka,
Rochental,
Romanowo,
Rudnia,
Rybaki,
Sacharki,
Sokole,
Stanek,
Stara Łuplanka,
Stare Kuchmy,
Supruny,
Suszcza,
Świnobród,
Szymki,
Tanica Dolna,
Tanica Górna,
Tokarowszczyzna,
Topolany
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Topolany lies approximately east of Vyškov, east of Brno, and south-east of Prague.
Notable people
...
,
Tylwica,
Tylwica-Kolonia,
Tylwica-Majątek,
Wierch-Topolany,
Zajma,
Zaleszany and
Żednia.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Michałowo is bordered by the gminas of
Gródek,
Narew,
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 ...
and
Zabłudów. It also borders
Belarus
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.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Michalowo
Białystok County