Gmina Czyże Explained

Gmina Czyże
Other Name:Czyże Commune
Settlement Type:Gmina
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jerzy Wasiluk
Total Type:Total
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Podlaskie
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hajnówka
Area Total Km2:134.2
Population Total:2528
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Coor Pinpoint:Czyże
Coordinates:52.7833°N 48°W
Seat:Czyże
Website:http://www.ugczyze.pl/

Gmina Czyże (Belarusian: Гміна Чыжы) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Czyże, which lies approximately 12km (07miles) north-west of Hajnówka and 410NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 134.2km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 2,528.

It is 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.[1]

Villages

Gmina Czyże contains the villages and settlements of Bujakowszczyzna, Czyże, Hrabniak, Hukowicze, Kamień, Klejniki, Kojły, Kuraszewo, Lady, Leniewo, Leszczyny, Łuszcze, Maksymowszczyzna, Morze, Osówka, Podrzeczany, Podwieżanka, Rakowicze, Sapowo, Szostakowo, Wieżanka, Wólka and Zbucz.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czyże is bordered by the gminas of Bielsk Podlaski, Dubicze Cerkiewne, Hajnówka, Narew and Orla.

References

Notes and References

  1. Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141