Gmina Suchowola | |
Other Name: | Suchowola 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: | 255.89 |
Population Total: | 7350 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2243 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 5107 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Suchowola |
Coordinates: | 53.5767°N 23.1017°W |
Seat: | Suchowola |
Website: | http://www.suchowola.com.pl |
Gmina Suchowola is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Suchowola, which lies approximately 33km (21miles) north-west of Sokółka and 520NaN0 north of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 255.89km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 7,350 (out of which the population of Suchowola amounts to 2,243, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 5,107).
Apart from the town of Suchowola, Gmina Suchowola contains the villages and settlements of Bachmackie Kolonie, Brukowo, Chlewisk Dolny, Chlewisk Górny, Chmielniki, Chmielówka, Chodorówka Nowa, Chodorówka Stara, Chodorówka Stara-Kolonia, Ciemne, Czerwonka, Domuraty, Dryga, Dryga-Kolonia, Dubasiewskie Kolonie, Dubasiewszczyzna, Głęboczyzna, Grodzisk, Grymiaczki, Hołodolina, Horodnianka, Jatwieź Duża, Jatwieź Mała, Karpowicze, Kiersnówka, Kopciówka, Krzywa, Laudańszczyzna, Leśniki, Leszczany, Morgi, Nowe Stojło, Okopy, Olszanka, Ostrówek, Piątak, Podgrodzisk, Podhorodnianka, Podostrówek, Pokośno, Połomin, Połomin-Kolonia, Poświętne, Rutkowszczyzna, Sucha Góra, Tablewo, Trzyrzecze, Wólka, Żakle and Zgierszczańskie.
Gmina Suchowola is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa Białostocka, Janów, Jaświły, Korycin and Sztabin.