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Gmina Mońki 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
Mońki County
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Mońki County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, northeastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998 ...
,
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 northeastern
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
Mońki
Mońki is a town in northeastern Poland and, as of 1999, is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Białystok Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Mońki County.
History
In the 16th century, Mo ...
, which lies approximately northwest 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 15,611 (out of which the population of Mońki amounts to 10,455, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,156).
Villages
Apart from the town of Mońki, Gmina Mońki contains the villages and settlements of
Boguszewo,
Ciesze,
Czekołdy,
Dudki,
Dudki-Kolonia,
Dziękonie,
Dzieżki
Dzieżki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mońki, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Mońki and north-west of the regional capital Białystok
Białys ...
,
Ginie,
Hornostaje,
Hornostaje-Osada,
Jaski,
Kiślaki,
Koleśniki,
Kołodzież,
Konopczyn,
Kosiorki,
Kropiwnica,
Krzeczkowo,
Kuczyn,
Kulesze,
Lewonie,
Łupichy,
Magnusze,
Masie,
Mejły,
Moniuszeczki,
Ołdaki,
Oliszki,
Potoczyzna,
Przytulanka,
Pyzy,
Rusaki,
Rybaki,
Sikory,
Sobieski,
Świerzbienie,
Waśki,
Wojszki,
Zalesie,
Zblutowo,
Znoski,
Żodzie and
Zyburty.
Neighbouring gminas
Gmina Mońki is bordered by the gminas of
Goniądz,
Jaświły,
Knyszyn,
Krypno and
Trzcianne.
References
Polish official population figures 2006
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