Oleksze Explained

Oleksze
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bielsk
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Orla
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:52.6686°N 23.21°W

Oleksze (Belarusian: Олекшы) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 10km (10miles) southwest of Orla, 110NaN0 south of Bielsk Podlaski, and 500NaN0 south of the regional capital Białystok.

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal). 2008-06-01. Polish.
  2. Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141