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Gmina Brok is an urban-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
Ostrów Mazowiecka County
Ostrów (Polish for "river island") may refer to:
Places Poland
; Greater Poland Voivodeship
* Ostrów Wielkopolski, a town in Greater Poland Voivodeship (west-central Poland)
* Ostrów, Greater Poland Voivodeship in Greater Poland Voivodeship ( ...
,
Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship or Mazowieckie Province (, ) and any variation thereof, is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw.
Masovian Voivodeship has an area of and had a 2019 po ...
, in east-central
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 town of
Brok, which lies approximately south of
Ostrów Mazowiecka
Ostrów Mazowiecka (; ) is a town in eastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County in Masovian Voivodeship.
History
Ostrów was granted town rights in 1434 by Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw. Its name ...
and north-east of
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 2,843, of which the population of Brok is 1,859, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 984.
Villages
Apart from the town of Brok, Gmina Brok contains the villages and settlements of
Bojany
Bojany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brok, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Brok, south-west of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and north-east of Warsaw
...
,
Laskowizna,
Nowe Kaczkowo,
Puzdrowizna and
Stare Kaczkowo.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Brok is bordered by the gminas of
Brańszczyk
Brańszczyk is a village in Wyszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Brańszczyk. It lies approximately north-east of Wyszków and north-east of Warsaw
...
,
Małkinia Górna
Małkinia Górna is a large village in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Małkinia Górna.
Małkinia is a railway junction. There, the main line between Warsaw an ...
,
Ostrów Mazowiecka
Ostrów Mazowiecka (; ) is a town in eastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County in Masovian Voivodeship.
History
Ostrów was granted town rights in 1434 by Duke Bolesław IV of Warsaw. Its name ...
and
Sadowne
Sadowne is a village in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Sadowne. It lies approximately north of Węgrów and north-east of Warsaw
Warsaw, of ...
.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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Brok
Ostrów Mazowiecka County