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Gmina Piątnica is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Łomża County
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Łomża County ( pl, powiat łomżyński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governm ...
,
Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. Its seat is the village of
Piątnica
Piątnica Poduchowna (; until 1999 ''Piątnica Poduchowna'') is a village in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piątnica. It lies approximately north ...
, which lies approximately north-east of
Łomża
Łomża (), in English known as Lomza, is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately 150 kilometers (90 miles) to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship ...
and west of the regional capital
Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 10,642 (10,787 in 2011).
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Łomża Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Piątnica contains the villages and settlements of
Budy Czarnockie,
Budy-Mikołajka,
Choszczewo,
Czarnocin,
Dobrzyjałowo,
Drozdowo,
Drożęcin-Lubiejewo,
Elżbiecin,
Gomulnik,
Górki-Sypniewo,
Górki-Szewkowo,
Guty,
Jeziorko,
Kałęczyn,
Kalinowo,
Kisielnica,
Kobylin,
Kosaki,
Kownaty,
Kownaty-Kolonia,
Krzewo,
Kurpie
Kurpie () is one of a number of ethnic regions in Poland, noted for its unique traditional customs, such as its own types of traditional costume, traditional dance and distinctive type of architecture and livelihoods. Kurpie is also the name of t ...
,
Marianowo,
Motyka,
Murawy,
Nagórki,
Niewodowo,
Nowe Krzewo,
Nowy Cydzyn,
Olszyny,
Olszyny-Kolonia,
Pęza,
Piątnica
Piątnica Poduchowna (; until 1999 ''Piątnica Poduchowna'') is a village in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Piątnica. It lies approximately north ...
,
Piątnica Włościańska,
Poniat,
Rakowo-Boginie,
Rakowo-Czachy,
Rządkowo,
Stary Cydzyn,
Stary Drożęcin,
Taraskowo,
Truszki,
Wiktorzyn,
Wyłudzin,
Wyrzyki,
Zabawka and
Żelechy.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Piątnica is bordered by the city of
Łomża
Łomża (), in English known as Lomza, is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately 150 kilometers (90 miles) to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship ...
and by the gminas of
Jedwabne
Jedwabne (; yi, יעדוואבנע, ''Yedvabna'') is a town in northeast Poland, in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, with 1,942 inhabitants (2002). It is notable for the Jedwabne pogrom of 10 July 1941, during the World War II German oc ...
,
Łomża
Łomża (), in English known as Lomza, is a city in north-eastern Poland, approximately 150 kilometers (90 miles) to the north-east of Warsaw and west of Białystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river as part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship ...
,
Mały Płock,
Stawiski and
Wizna
Wizna is a village in Łomża County of Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, situated on the Narew River. Wizna is known for the battle of Wizna which took place in its vicinity during the 1939 Invasion of Poland at the start of Worl ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Piatnica
Łomża County