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