__NOTOC__ Gmina Giby 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

Sejny County __NOTOC__ Sejny County () a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the extreme north-east of Poland, on the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result ...

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 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 ...

, on the border with

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 ...

and

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

. Its seat is the village of Giby, which lies approximately south of Sejny and north 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 2,970.

Villages

Gmina Giby contains the villages and settlements of Aleksiejówka, Baraki, Białogóry, Białorzeczka, Białowierśnie, Budwieć,

Chylinki Chylinki , is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Giby, within Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the borders with Belarus and Lithuania. It lies approximately south of Sejny and north of th ...

Czarna Hańcza The Czarna Hańcza, Chornaya Hancha () is the largest river of the Suwałki Region of north-eastern Poland and the Sapockin region of north-western Belarus. It is known for having large postglacial boulders. Originating near Lake Hańcza (the ...

, Daniłowce, Dworczysko, Dziemianówka, Frącki, Gibasówka, Giby, Głęboka Biel, Głęboki Bród, Gulbin, Iwanówka, Karolin, Konstantynówka, Krasne, Kukle, Lipowo, Muły, Okółek, Pogorzelec,

Pomorze Pomerania ( ; ; ; ) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The central and eastern part belongs to the West Pomeranian, Pomeranian and Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodesh ...

, Posejnele, Rygol, Sarnetki, Stanowisko, Studziany Las, Szlamy, Tartaczysko, Wielki Bór, Wierśnie, Wiłkokuk, Wronie Góry, Wysoki Most and Zelwa.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Giby is bordered by the gminas of Krasnopol, Nowinka, Płaska and Sejny. It also borders

and

References

Polish official population figures 2006
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