Gmina Lipsk | |
Other Name: | Lipsk Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Augustów |
Area Total Km2: | 184.42 |
Population As Of: | 2019-06-30[1] |
Population Total: | 5129 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2326 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 2803 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Lipsk |
Coordinates: | 53.7333°N 47°W |
Seat: | Lipsk |
Website: | http://www.lipsk.pl |
Gmina Lipsk is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Lipsk, which lies approximately 32km (20miles) south-east of Augustów and 710NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 184.42km2, and as of 2019 its total population is 5,129 (out of which the population of Lipsk amounts to 2,326 and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,803).
Apart from the town of Lipsk, Gmina Lipsk contains the villages and settlements of Bartniki, Dolinczany, Dulkowszczyzna, Jaczniki, Jałowo, Jasionowo, Kolonie Lipsk, Kopczany, Krasne, Kurianka, Lichosielce, Lipsk Murowany, Lipszczany, Lubinowo, Nowe Leśne Bohatery, Nowy Lipsk, Nowy Rogożyn, Podwołkuszne, Rakowicze, Rogożynek, Rygałówka, Siółko, Skieblewo, Sołojewszczyzna, Stare Leśne Bohatery, Starożyńce, Stary Rogożyn, Wołkusz, Wyżarne and Żabickie.
Gmina Lipsk is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa Białostocka, Nowy Dwór, Płaska and Sztabin. It also borders Belarus.