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Gmina Nowy Dwór 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
Sokółka County
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Sokółka County ( pl, powiat sokólski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of th ...
,
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
Poland
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, on the border with
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
. Its seat is the village of
Nowy Dwór, which lies approximately north of
Sokółka
Sokółka (; lt, Sokulka, Sakalinė, be, Саку́лка, yi, סאקאלקע, Sokolke) is a town in northeastern Poland, seat of the Sokółka County in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is a busy rail junction located on the international Warsaw–B ...
and north-east of the regional capital
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 2,927.
Villages
Gmina Nowy Dwór contains the villages and settlements of
Bieniowce,
Bieniowce-Kolonia,
Bobra Wielka,
Butrymowce,
Chilmony,
Chorużowce,
Chwojnowszczyzna,
Chworościany,
Dubaśno,
Grzebienie-Kolonia,
Jaginty,
Koniuszki,
Kudrawka,
Leśnica
Leśnica (German: ''Leschnitz'', 1936-1945: ''Bergstadt'') is a town in Poland, located in Strzelce County, Opole Voivodship.
History
The oldest known mention of Leśnica comes from a 1217 document of Duke Casimir I of Opole. Its name is deriv ...
,
Nowy Dwór,
Plebanowce,
Ponarlica,
Rogacze-Kolonia,
Sieruciowce,
Synkowce and
Talki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Nowy Dwór is bordered by the gminas of
Dąbrowa Białostocka
Dąbrowa Białostocka is a town in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. It used to be in Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998).
As of December 2021, the town has a population of 5,305.
Notable people
* Peter Sidorkiewicz, National Ho ...
,
Kuźnica,
Lipsk :''Lipsk is also the old Slavonic form of the name of Leipzig in Germany.''
Lipsk , (also pl, Lipsk nad Biebrzą; lt, Liepinė; yi, ליפּסק נאַד בּיבּג'ו) is a town in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,520 ...
and
Sidra Sidra may refer to:
*Sidra (name)
Places
*Gulf of Sidra, a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya
*Sidra, Libya, a Libyan port
*Sidra, Sokółka County, a village in Poland
*Gmina Sidra, a Polish administrative dis ...
. It also borders
Belarus
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.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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