| Gmina Piątnica Piątnica Commune | |||
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 Gmina Piątnica within the Łomża County | |||
| Coordinates(Piątnica): 53°11′N22°6′E / 53.183°N 22.100°E Coordinates: 53°11′N22°6′E / 53.183°N 22.100°E | |||
| Country |  | ||
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie | ||
| County | Łomża County | ||
| Seat | Piątnica | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 218.69 km2 (84.44 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2011 [1] ) | |||
| • Total | 10,787 | ||
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) | ||
Gmina Piątnica is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Piątnica, which lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Łomża and 72 km (45 mi) 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".
Łomża 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 is the city of Łomża, although the city is not part of the county. The only towns in Łomża County are Nowogród, which lies 16 km (10 mi) north-west of Łomża, and Jedwabne, 20 km (12 mi) north-east of Łomża.
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 218.69 square kilometres (84.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 10,642 (10,787 in 2011).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Łomża 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.
Łomża Landscape Park of the Narew Valley is a protected area in north-eastern Poland, on the banks of the Narew river, close to the town of Łomża, to the south-east.
