Gmina Knyszyn | |
Other Name: | Knyszyn Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mońki |
Area Total Km2: | 127.68 |
Population Total: | 4942 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2835 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 2107 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Knyszyn |
Coordinates: | 53.3131°N 22.9175°W |
Seat: | Knyszyn |
Website: | http://www.knyszyn.pl/ |
Gmina Knyszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Knyszyn, which lies approximately 13km (08miles) south-east of Mońki and 280NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 127.68km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 4,942 (out of which the population of Knyszyn amounts to 2,835, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,107).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Knyszyn, Gmina Knyszyn contains the villages and settlements of Chobotki, Czechowizna, Grądy, Guzy, Jaskra, Kalinówka Kościelna, Knyszyn-Cisówka, Knyszyn-Zamek, Lewonie, Nowiny Kasjerskie, Nowiny-Zdroje, Ogrodniki, Poniklica, Stoczek, Wodziłówka, Wojtówce and Zofiówka.
Gmina Knyszyn is bordered by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Dobrzyniewo Duże, Jasionówka, Krypno and Mońki.