Gmina Knyszyn Explained

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.

Villages

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.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Knyszyn is bordered by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Dobrzyniewo Duże, Jasionówka, Krypno and Mońki.

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