__NOTOC__ Gmina Boćki is a rural gmina (Polish:''gmina wiejska'') in

Bielsk County Bielsk County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its a ...

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. It is located north-eastern

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Geography

Gmina Boćki is located in the geographical region of

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known as the ''Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie'' (English: Podlaskie and Belarus Plateau) and the mezoregion known as the ''Równinę Bielską'' (English: Bielska Plain). The Nurzec River, a tributary of the

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, the capital of

* south of

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, the capital of the

* southwest of

Bielsk Podlaski Bielsk Podlaski (, , ) is a town in eastern Poland, within Bielsk County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 24,883. Geography Bielsk Podlaski is located in the geographical region of Europe known as ...

, the seat of

Climate

The region has a

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which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters . The average amount of rainfall during the year exceeds .

Demographics

Detailed data as of 31 December 2007:

Municipal government

Its seat is the village of Boćki

Executive branch

The chief executive of the government is the

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(Polish: ''wójt'').

Legislative branch

The legislative portion of the government is the

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(Polish: ''Rada''), composed of the President (Polish: ''Przewodniczący''), the Vice President (Polish: ''Wiceprzewodniczący'') and thirteen councilors.

Villages

The following villages are contained within the gmina: Andryjanki, Boćki, Bodaczki, Bodaki, Bystre, Chranibory Drugie, Chranibory Pierwsze,

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, Dziecinne, Hawryłki, Jakubowskie, Krasna Wieś, Młynisk, Mołoczki, Nurzec, Olszewo, Pasieka, Piotrowo-Krzywokoły, Piotrowo-Trojany, Przy Ostaszach, Sasiny, Siedlece, Siekluki, Sielc, Skalimowo, Solniki, Starowieś, Szeszyły, Szumki, Śnieżki, Torule, Wandalin, Wandalinek, Wiercień, Wojtki, Wygonowo, Wylan, Żołoćki.

Neighbouring political subdivisions

Gmina Boćki is bordered by the gminas of

Brańsk Brańsk (Podlachian language: ''Бранськ, Branśk'', , ) is a town in eastern Poland. It is situated within Podlaskie Voivodeship (province). Etymology The name of the town comes from the river Bronka, a nearby tributary of the Nurzec River ...

, Dziadkowice,

Kleszczele Kleszczele (, , Podlachian: ''Kliščéli'') is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. History Kleszczele was granted town rights by King Sigismund I the Old in 1523. It was a royal town of Poland. Queen conso ...

, Milejczyce and Orla.

References

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