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Gmina Stawiski is an urban-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
Kolno County
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Kolno County ( pl, powiat kolneński) 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 government ...
,
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
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 populous ...
. Its seat is the town of
Stawiski
Stawiski is a town in northeastern Poland, situated within Kolno County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, approximately east of Kolno and west of the regional capital Białystok. Stawiski is the administrative seat of Gmina Stawiski. From 1946 to ...
, which lies approximately east of
Kolno
Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw. It is the seat of Kolno County, and the seat of the smaller administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Kolno, but it is no ...
and west 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 6,572 (out of which the population of Stawiski amounts to 2,442, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 4,130).
Villages
Apart from the town of Stawiski, Gmina Stawiski contains the villages and settlements of
Barzykowo,
Budy Poryckie,
Budy Stawiskie,
Budziski,
Cedry,
Chmielewo,
Cwaliny,
Dąbrowa,
Dzięgiele,
Dzierzbia,
Grabówek,
Hipolitowo,
Ignacewo,
Jewilin,
Jurzec Szlachecki,
Jurzec Włościański,
Karwowo,
Kuczyny,
Lisy,
Łojewek,
Michny,
Mieczki-Sucholaszczki,
Mieszołki,
Poryte,
Poryte Małe,
Poryte Szlacheckie,
Poryte Włościańskie,
Ramoty,
Rogale,
Romany,
Rostki,
Skroda Mała,
Sokoły,
Tafiły,
Wilczewo,
Wysokie Duże
Wysokie Duże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiski, within Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south of Stawiski, south-east of Kolno, and west of the regional capital Bi ...
,
Wysokie Małe,
Zabiele,
Zaborowo,
Zalesie and
Żelazki.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Stawiski is bordered by the gminas of
Grabowo,
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 occu ...
,
Kolno
Kolno is a town in northeastern Poland, located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, about 150 km northeast of Warsaw. It is the seat of Kolno County, and the seat of the smaller administrative district ( gmina) called Gmina Kolno, but it is no ...
,
Mały Płock
Mały Płock is a village in Kolno County
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Kolno County ( pl, powiat kolneński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999 ...
,
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 ...
and
Przytuły.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Stawiski
Stawiski is a town in northeastern Poland, situated within Kolno County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, approximately east of Kolno and west of the regional capital Białystok. Stawiski is the administrative seat of Gmina Stawiski. From 1946 to ...
Kolno County