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Gmina Poświętne is a 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
Białystok County
Białystok County () 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 of the Polish local government refo ...
,
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 village of
Poświętne, which lies approximately south-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 3,761.
Villages
Gmina Poświętne contains the villages and settlements 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 ...
,
Brzozowo Stare,
Brzozowo-Antonie,
Brzozowo-Chabdy,
Brzozowo-Chrzczonki,
Brzozowo-Chrzczony,
Brzozowo-Korabie,
Brzozowo-Muzyły,
Brzozowo-Panki,
Brzozowo-Solniki,
Chomizna,
Dzierżki,
Dzierżki-Ząbki,
Gabrysin,
Gołębie,
Grochy
Grochy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poświętne, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Poświętne and south-west of the regional capital Białysto ...
,
Józefin,
Kamińskie Jaski,
Kamińskie Ocioski,
Kamińskie Pliszki,
Kamińskie Wiktory,
Kuran,
Liza Nowa,
Liza Stara,
Łukawica,
Marynki,
Ostrów,
Pietkowo,
Pietkowo Drugie,
Porośl-Głuchy,
Porośl-Wojsławy,
Stoczek,
Turek
Turek is a town in central Poland with 31,282 inhabitants . It is the capital of Turek County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is located in the Sieradz Land.
History
Turek is first mentioned in the historical record 1136, when it was lis ...
,
Wilkowo Nowe,
Wilkowo Stare,
Wołkuny,
Zdrody Nowe and
Zdrody Stare.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Poświętne is bordered by the gminy 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 ...
,
Łapy
Łapy is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Białystok County, 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 from 31 December ...
,
Nowe Piekuty,
Sokoły,
Suraż
Suraż is a town in north-eastern Poland situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, seat of Gmina Suraż in the Białystok County.
Suraż, which has a long and rich history, and was a royal town in the Kingdom of Poland, currently is one of the smal ...
and
Wyszki.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Poswietne
Białystok County