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Gmina Choroszcz 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
Białystok County
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Białystok County ( pl, powiat białostocki) 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 o ...
,
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 c ...
, in north-eastern
Poland
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. Its seat is the town of
Choroszcz, which lies approximately 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 U ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2011 its total population is 14,127 (out of which the population of Choroszcz amounts to 5,732, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,395).
Villages
Apart from the town of Choroszcz, Gmina Choroszcz contains the villages and settlements of
Babino,
Barszczewo,
Czaplino,
Dzikie,
Dzikie-Kolonia,
Gajowniki,
Gajowniki-Kolonia,
Izbiszcze,
Jeroniki,
Klepacze,
Kolonia Czaplino,
Konowały,
Kościuki,
Krupniki,
Kruszewo,
Łyski,
Mińce
Mińce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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,
Ogrodniki Barszczewskie,
Oliszki,
Pańki,
Porosły,
Porosły-Kolonia,
Rogówek,
Rogowo,
Rogowo-Kolonia,
Rogowo-Majątek,
Ruszczany,
Sienkiewicze,
Sikorszczyzna,
Śliwno,
Turczyn,
Zaczerlany,
Zaczerlany-Kolonia,
Złotoria,
Złotoria-Kolonia,
Złotoria-Podlesie,
Żółtki and
Żółtki-Kolonia.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Choroszcz is bordered by the city of
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 U ...
and by the gminas of
Dobrzyniewo Duże,
Juchnowiec Kościelny,
Kobylin-Borzymy,
Łapy
Łapy is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Białystok County (''powiat''), Podlaskie Voivodeship; the administrative centre of the urban-rural gmina Łapy. It is situated in the North Podlasie Lowland, on the river Narew.
According to data ...
,
Sokoły,
Turośń Kościelna and
Tykocin
Tykocin is a small town in north-eastern Poland, with 2,010 inhabitants (2012), located on the Narew river, in Białystok County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is one of the oldest towns in the region, with its historic center designated a His ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Białystok County