Gmina Mońki | |
Other Name: | Mońki Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mońki |
Area Total Km2: | 161.56 |
Population Total: | 15611 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 10455 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 5156 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Mońki |
Coordinates: | 53.4°N 70°W |
Seat: | Mońki |
Website: | http://www.monki.um.pl/ |
Gmina Mońki is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Mońki, which lies approximately 40km (30miles) northwest of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 161.56km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 15,611 (out of which the population of Mońki amounts to 10,455, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,156).
Apart from the town of Mońki, Gmina Mońki contains the villages and settlements of Boguszewo, Ciesze, Czekołdy, Dudki, Dudki-Kolonia, Dziękonie, Dzieżki, Ginie, Hornostaje, Hornostaje-Osada, Jaski, Kiślaki, Koleśniki, Kołodzież, Konopczyn, Kosiorki, Kropiwnica, Krzeczkowo, Kuczyn, Kulesze, Lewonie, Łupichy, Magnusze, Masie, Mejły, Moniuszeczki, Ołdaki, Oliszki, Potoczyzna, Przytulanka, Pyzy, Rusaki, Rybaki, Sikory, Sobieski, Świerzbienie, Waśki, Wojszki, Zalesie, Zblutowo, Znoski, Żodzie and Zyburty.
Gmina Mońki is bordered by the gminas of Goniądz, Jaświły, Knyszyn, Krypno and Trzcianne.