Gmina Sokołów Podlaski

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Gmina Sokołów Podlaski
Sokołów Podlaski Commune
Gmina
Coordinates(Sokołów Podlaski): 52°24′24″N22°14′47″E / 52.40667°N 22.24639°E / 52.40667; 22.24639 Coordinates: 52°24′24″N22°14′47″E / 52.40667°N 22.24639°E / 52.40667; 22.24639
CountryFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Voivodeship Masovian
County Sokołów
Seat Sokołów Podlaski
Area
 • Total 137.18 km2 (52.97 sq mi)
Population (2013 [1] )
 • Total 6,088
 • Density 44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Website http://www.gminasokolowpodl.pl

Gmina Sokołów Podlaski is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Sokołów Podlaski, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

Gmina administrative division of Poland

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".

Sokołów County County in Masovian, Poland

Sokołów County is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central 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 Sokołów Podlaski, which lies 88 kilometres (55 mi) east of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Kosów Lacki, lying 23 km (14 mi) north of Sokołów Podlaski.

Masovian Voivodeship Voivodeship in Poland

Mazovian Voivodeship or Mazovia Province is the largest and most populous of the 16 Polish provinces, or voivodeships, created in 1999. It occupies 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) of east-central Poland, and has 5,324,500 inhabitants. Its principal cities are Warsaw in the centre of the Warsaw metropolitan area, Radom (226,000) in the south, Płock (127,000) in the west, Siedlce (77,000) in the east, and Ostrołęka (55,000) in the north. The capital of the voivodeship is the national capital, Warsaw.

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The gmina covers an area of 137.18 square kilometres (53.0 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,157 (6,088 in 2013).

Villages

Gmina Sokołów Podlaski contains the villages and settlements of Bachorza, Bartosz, Brzozów, Brzozów-Kolonia, Budy Kupientyńskie, Chmielew, Czerwonka, Dąbrowa, Dolne Pole, Dziegietnia, Emilianów, Grochów, Justynów, Karlusin, Karolew, Kosierady Wielkie, Kostki, Krasnodęby-Kasmy, Krasnodęby-Rafały, Krasnodęby-Sypytki, Krasów, Łubianki, Nowa Wieś, Podkupientyn, Podrogów, Pogorzel, Przeździatka-Kolonia, Przywózki, Skibniew-Kurcze, Skibniew-Podawce, Walerów, Węże, Wólka Miedzyńska, Wyrąb, Ząbków and Żanecin.

Bachorza, Sokołów County Village in Masovian, Poland

Bachorza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokołów Podlaski, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

Bartosz, Masovian Voivodeship Village in Masovian, Poland

Bartosz is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokołów Podlaski, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Sokołów Podlaski and 86 km (53 mi) east of Warsaw.

Brzozów, Sokołów County Village in Masovian, Poland

Brzozów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sokołów Podlaski, within Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Sokołów Podlaski and 83 km (52 mi) east of Warsaw.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Sokołów Podlaski is bordered by the towns of Sokołów Podlaski and Węgrów, and by the gminas of Bielany, Jabłonna Lacka, Kosów Lacki, Liw, Miedzna, Repki, Sabnie, Siedlce and Sterdyń.

Sokołów Podlaski Place in Masovian, Poland

Sokołów Podlaski is a town in Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship, about 80 kilometres east of Warsaw. The town lies on the Cetynia river, in the historical region of Podlachia and is the capital of Sokołów County. The first settlement was in the 6th century and the town received its charter in 1424. Population in 2004 was 18,434.

Węgrów Place in Masovian, Poland

Węgrów is a town in eastern Poland with 12,561 inhabitants. Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship, it is the capital of Węgrów County.

Gmina Bielany is a rural gmina in Sokołów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Bielany, which lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Sokołów Podlaski and 86 km (53 mi) east of Warsaw.

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References

  1. ↑ Demographic Yearbook of Poland 2014


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