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Gmina Sokółka is an urban-rural
gmina (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 ...
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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 ...
, 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 ...
. Its seat is the town 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 ...
, which lies approximately north-east of the regional capital
Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 26,406 (out of which the population of Sokółka amounts to 18,888, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,518).
The gmina contains part of the
protected area called
Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Villages
Apart from the town of Sokółka, Gmina Sokółka contains the villages and settlements of:
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Bachmatówka
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Bilwinki
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Bobrowniki
Bobrowniki (; german: Beberen) is a village in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately south-west of Lipno an ...
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Bogusze
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Boguszowski Wygon
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Bohoniki
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Dąbrówka
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Drahle
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Dworzysk
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Geniusze
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Gilbowszczyzna
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Gliniszcze Małe
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Gliniszcze Wielkie
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Gnidzin
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Halańskie Ogrodniki
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Hałe
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Igryły
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Jałówka
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Janowszczyzna
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Jelenia Góra
Jelenia Góra (pron. ; Polish: ; german: Hirschberg im Riesengebirge; Exonym: ''Deer Mountain''; szl, Jelyniŏ Gōra) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Low ...
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Kantorówka
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Karcze
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Kraśniany
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Kundzicze
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Kundzin
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Kundzin Kościelny
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Kurowszczyzna
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Kuryły
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Lebiedzin
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Lipina
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Lipowa Góra
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Malawicze Dolne
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Malawicze Górne
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Maślanka
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Mićkowa Hać
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Miejskie Nowiny
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Nomiki
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Nowa Kamionka
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Nowa Moczalnia
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Nowa Rozedranka
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Nowinka
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Orłowicze
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Ostrówek
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Pawełki
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Pawłowszczyzna
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Planteczka
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Plebanowce
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Podjałówka
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Podjanowszczyzna
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Podkamionka
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Podkantorówka
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Pogibło
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Polanki
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Poniatowicze
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Puciłki
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Ściebielec
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Sierbowce
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Słojniki
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Smolanka
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Sokolany
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Stara Kamionka
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Stara Moczalnia
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Stara Rozedranka
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Stary Szor
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Starzynka
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Stodolne
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Straż
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Szyndziel
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Szyszki
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Tartak Tartak (Polish for ''sawmill'') may refer to:
Places Poland
*Tartak, Greater Poland Voivodeship
*Tartak, Lublin Voivodeship
*Tartak, Augustów County
*Tartak, Siemiatycze County
*Tartak, Sokółka County
*Tartak, Suwałki County
*Tartak, Mińsk Co ...
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Tatarszczyzna
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Wierzchjedlina
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Wierzchłowce
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Wilcza Jama
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Wojnachy
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Woroniany
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Wroczyńszczyzna
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Wysokie Laski
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Zadworzany
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Zamczysk
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Zaścianki (Bogusze)
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Zaścianki (Kurowszczyzna)
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Zaśpicze
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Zawistowszczyzna
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Żuki
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Sokółka is bordered by the gminas of
Czarna Białostocka,
Janów,
Kuźnica,
Sidra,
Supraśl
Supraśl (; be, Су́прасль; ) is a town and former episcopal see in north-eastern Poland.
Supraśl is in Podlaskie Voivodeship (province) since 1999, previously in Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998) (1975–1998), and is in Białystok C ...
and
Szudziałowo. It also borders
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 ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006* Agata Lewandowski, Łosośna - the Unknown Valley. Not the Last Arrival for…Puciłki, „Znad Wilii”, nr 3(79) z 2019 r., p. 58-64, (in Polish)http://www.znadwiliiwilno.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Znad-Wilii-3-79m-1.pdf
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