Gmina Filipów | |
Other Name: | Filipów Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Suwałki County |
Area Total Km2: | 150.35 |
Population Total: | 4478 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coor Pinpoint: | Filipów |
Coordinates: | 54.1806°N 22.6208°W |
Seat: | Filipów |
Website: | http://www.filipow.pl/ |
Gmina Filipów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Filipów, which lies approximately 24km (15miles) north-west of Suwałki and 1240NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 150.35km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 4,478.
Gmina Filipów is bordered by the gminas of Bakałarzewo, Dubeninki, Gołdap, Kowale Oleckie, Olecko, Przerośl and Suwałki.
The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Agrafinówka, Bartnia Góra, Bitkowo, Czarne, Czostków, Filipów (divided into four sołectwos: Filipów Pierwszy, Filipów Drugi, Filipów Trzeci and Filipów Czwarty), Garbas (divided into two sołectwos: Garbas Pierwszy and Garbas Drugi), Huta, Jemieliste, Mieruniszki, Nowa Dębszczyzna, Olszanka, Piecki, Rospuda, Smolenka, Stara Dębszczyzna, Stare Motule, Supienie, Szafranki, Tabałówka, Wólka and Zusno.