__NOTOC__ Wysokie Mazowieckie County ( pl, powiat wysokomazowiecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (

powiat A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...

) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, 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 ...

. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the

Polish local government reforms The administrative division of Poland since 1999 has been based on three levels of subdivision. The territory of Poland is divided into ''voivodeships'' (provinces); these are further divided into ''powiats'' (counties or districts), and these i ...

passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is

Wysokie Mazowieckie Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 . In town there is one of the biggest dairy companies in this part of Europe - " Mlekovita ...

, which lies south-west of the regional capital Białystok. The only other towns in the county are

Ciechanowiec Ciechanowiec (; yi, טשעכֿאַנאָװיץ, german: Rudelstadt) is a small town in Gmina Ciechanowiec, Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, eastern Poland. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 4,511. History In the ...

, lying south of Wysokie, Szepietowo, south of Wysokie, and as from 1 January 2011

Czyżew Czyżew is a town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The wor ...

. The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population was 57,051, out of which the population of Wysokie Mazowieckie was 9,415, that of Ciechanowiec 4,631, that of Czyżew 2,633, that of Szepietowo 2,170, and the rural population 38,202.

Neighbouring counties

Wysokie Mazowieckie County is bordered by Białystok County and Bielsk County to the east,

Siemiatycze County __NOTOC__ Siemiatycze County ( pl, powiat siemiatycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a res ...

and

Sokołów County __NOTOC__ Sokołów County ( pl, powiat sokołowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governme ...

to the south, and

Ostrów Mazowiecka County Ostrów (Polish for "river island") may refer to: Places Poland ; Greater Poland Voivodeship * Ostrów Wielkopolski, a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland) * Ostrów, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ...

and

Zambrów County __NOTOC__ Zambrów County ( pl, powiat zambrowski) 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 governme ...

to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (one urban, three urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gallery

File:Dąbrowa Wielka- widok na kościół.JPG , Gmina Czyżew
Dąbrowa Wielka File:Hodyszewo-Krynica.jpg , Gmina Nowe Piekuty
Hodyszewo File:Mscichy Budynki.jpg , Gmina Wysokie Mazowieckie
Mścichy File:Pobikry dwór.jpg , Gmina Ciechanowiec
Pobikry File:Moczydły Jakubowięta - dom drewniany.JPG,

Gmina Szepietowo __NOTOC__ Gmina Szepietowo is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szepietowo, which lies approximately south of Wysokie Mazowieck ...

Moczydły-Jakubowięta File:Waniewo - dom parafialny.JPG, Gmina Sokoły
Waniewo

References

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