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Gmina Goniądz is an urban-rural
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
(administrative district) in
Mońki County
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Mońki County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, northeastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...
,
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, ''Podlasie''), and significant part of its territory corresponds to th ...
, in north-eastern
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. Its seat is the town of
Goniądz, which lies approximately north-west of
Mońki
Mońki is a town in northeastern Poland and, as of 1999, is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Mońki County.
History
In the 16th century, Mo ...
and north-west of the regional capital
Białystok
Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area.
Biał ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 5,209 (out of which the population of Goniądz amounts to 1,910, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,299).
Villages
Apart from the town of Goniądz, Gmina Goniądz contains the villages and settlements of
Białosuknia,
Budne,
Budne-Żarnowo,
Dawidowizna,
Doły,
Downary,
Klewianka,
Kramkówka Duża,
Kramkówka Mała,
Krzecze,
Łazy
Łazy is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. As of 2019, the town has 6,811 inhabitants. Łazy belongs to the historic region of Lesser Poland.
History
In the Middle Ages, in the area of today's Łazy were five ...
,
Mierkienniki
Mierkienniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Goniądz, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refe ...
,
Olszowa Droga,
Osowiec,
Owieczki,
Piwowary,
Płochowo,
Smogorówka Dolistowska,
Smogorówka Goniądzka,
Szafranki,
Uścianek,
Wojtówstwo,
Wólka Piaseczna and
Wroceń.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Goniądz is bordered by the gminas of
Bargłów Kościelny,
Grajewo
Grajewo (; ) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 21,499 inhabitants (2016). It is the capital of Grajewo County within the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located within the historic region of Masovia, near the border with Podlachia and Masuria.
H ...
,
Jaświły,
Mońki
Mońki is a town in northeastern Poland and, as of 1999, is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Mońki County.
History
In the 16th century, Mo ...
,
Radziłów
Radziłów (; ) is a village (formerly a town) in Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina, an administrative district called Gmina Radziłów. It lies approximately south of Grajewo and north-w ...
,
Rajgród,
Sztabin
Sztabin (; ) is a village in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sztabin. It lies approximately south-east of Augustów and north of the regional ca ...
and
Trzcianne.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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