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Gmina Szudziałowo 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
Sokółka County
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Sokółka 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 govern ...
,
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
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, on the border with
Belarus
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. Its seat is the village of Szudziałowo, which lies approximately south-east of
Sokółka and north-east 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 3,419.
The gmina contains part of the
protected area
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called
Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Villages
Gmina Szudziałowo contains the villages and settlements of
Aleksandrówka,
Babiki,
Biały Ług,
Boratyńszczyzna,
Brzozowy Hrud,
Chmielowszczyzna,
Chmielowszczyzna-Kolonia,
Dziewiczy Ług,
Grodzisko,
Grzybowszczyzna,
Hały-Ług,
Harkawicze,
Horczaki,
Iwniki,
Jeziorek,
Klin,
Klin-Gajówka,
Knyszewicze,
Knyszewicze Małe,
Kozłowy Ług,
Łaźnisko,
Lipowy Most,
Litwinowy Ług,
Markowy Wygon,
Minkowce,
Miszkieniki Małe,
Miszkieniki Wielkie,
Nowe Trzciano,
Nowinka,
Nowy Ostrów,
Ostrów Północny,
Ostrówek,
Pierekał,
Pierożki,
Pisarzowce,
Poczopek,
Rowek,
Samogród,
Słoja,
Słójka,
Słójka-Borowszczyzna,
Sosnowik,
Stare Trzciano,
Suchy Hrud
Suchy Hrud is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Szudziałowo, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landl ...
,
Suchynicze,
Sukowicze,
Szczęsnowicze,
Szudziałowo,
Talkowszczyzna,
Tołkacze,
Usnarz Górny,
Wierzchlesie,
Wojnowce,
Zubowszczyzna,
Zubrzyca Mała and
Zubrzyca Wielka.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Szudziałowo is bordered by the gminas of
Gródek,
Krynki,
Sokółka and
Supraśl. It also borders
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Szudzialowo
Sokółka County