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Gmina Narewka ( be, Гміна Нараўка) is a rural
gmina (administrative district) in
Hajnówka County,
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 village of
Narewka
Narewka ( be, На́раўка) is a village in eastern Poland, with its population estimated at 935 residents (as of 2011). It is located in Gmina Narewka, Hajnówka County, within Podlaskie Voivodeship. The village is located near Poland's bo ...
, which lies approximately north-east of
Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital
Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 4,019.
It is one of five Polish/
Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the ''Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages'', which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside
Polish.
[Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141]
Villages
Gmina Narewka contains the villages and settlements of
Babia Góra
Babia Góra (in Polish), or Babia hora (in Slovak), literally Old Wives' or Witches' Mountain, is a massif situated on the border between Poland and Slovakia in the Western Beskid Mountains. The name is also applied to the culmination of th ...
,
Baczyńscy,
Bazylowe,
Bernacki Most,
Bielscy,
Bokowe,
Borowe,
Chomińszczyzna,
Cieremki,
Dąbrowa,
Eliaszuki,
Gnilec,
Grodzisk,
Gruszki,
Guszczewina,
Janowo,
Kapitańszczyzna,
Kasjany,
Kordon,
Kruhlik,
Krynica,
Łańczyno,
Leśna
Leśna (german: Marklissa) is a town in Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, close to the Czech border. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Leśna. As of 2019, the town has a populat ...
,
Łozowe,
Ludwinowo,
Łuka,
Maruszka,
Michnówka,
Mikłaszewo,
Minkówka,
Mostki,
Narewka
Narewka ( be, На́раўка) is a village in eastern Poland, with its population estimated at 935 residents (as of 2011). It is located in Gmina Narewka, Hajnówka County, within Podlaskie Voivodeship. The village is located near Poland's bo ...
,
Nowe Lewkowo,
Nowe Masiewo,
Nowiny,
Ochrymy,
Olchówka,
Osowe,
Pasieki,
Planta,
Podlewkowie,
Połymie,
Porosłe,
Pręty,
Siemianówka,
Siemieniakowszczyzna,
Skupowo,
Słobódka,
Smolnica,
Stare Lewkowo,
Stare Masiewo,
Stary Dwór,
Stoczek,
Suszczy Borek,
Świnoroje,
Zabłotczyzna,
Zabrody and
Zamosze.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Narewka is bordered by the gminas of
Białowieża
Białowieża ( be, Белавежа, Biełavieža) is a village (population 2,000 as of 2002) in Poland's Podlasie Province, in the middle of the Białowieża Forest, to which it gave its name. The village is some east of Hajnówka and southe ...
,
Hajnówka,
Michałowo and
Narew. 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
{{Hajnówka County
Narewka
Narewka ( be, На́раўка) is a village in eastern Poland, with its population estimated at 935 residents (as of 2011). It is located in Gmina Narewka, Hajnówka County, within Podlaskie Voivodeship. The village is located near Poland's bo ...
Hajnówka County
Bilingual communes in Poland