| Gmina Knyszyn Knyszyn Commune | ||
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| Gmina | ||
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 Gmina Knyszyn within the Mońki County | ||
| Coordinates(Knyszyn): 53°18′47″N22°55′3″E / 53.31306°N 22.91750°E Coordinates: 53°18′47″N22°55′3″E / 53.31306°N 22.91750°E | ||
| Country |  | |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie | |
| County | Mońki | |
| Seat | Knyszyn | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 127.68 km2 (49.30 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006) | ||
| • Total | 4,942 | |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2,835 | |
| • Rural | 2,107 | |
| Website | http://www.knyszyn.pl/ | |
Gmina Knyszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Knyszyn, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Mońki and 28 km (17 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. As of 2010 there were 2,478 gminy throughout the country. The word gmina derives from the German word Gemeinde, meaning "community".
Mońki County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Mońki, which lies 40 kilometres (25 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok. The county also contains the towns of Knyszyn, lying 13 km (8 mi) south-east of Mońki, and Goniądz, 11 km (7 mi) north-west of Mońki.
Podlaskie Voivodeship or Podlasie Province is a voivodeship (province) in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and Marijampolė to the northeast, and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia to the north.
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The gmina covers an area of 127.68 square kilometres (49.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,942 (out of which the population of Knyszyn amounts to 2,835, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,107).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international organizations involved.
