Gmina Sokółka | |
Other Name: | Sokółka Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sokółka |
Area Total Km2: | 313.62 |
Population Total: | 26406 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 18888 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 7518 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Sokółka |
Coordinates: | 53.4°N 53°W |
Seat: | Sokółka |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Registration Plate: | BSK |
Website: | http://www.sokolka.pl |
Gmina Sokółka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Sokółka, which lies approximately 39km (24miles) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 313.62km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 26,406 (out of which the population of Sokółka amounts to 18,888, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,518).
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
Apart from the town of Sokółka, Gmina Sokółka contains the villages and settlements of:
Gmina Sokółka is bordered by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Janów, Kuźnica, Sidra, Supraśl and Szudziałowo. It also borders Belarus.