Gmina Szczuczyn | |
Other Name: | Szczuczyn Commune |
Settlement Type: | Gmina |
Total Type: | Total |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Podlaskie |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Grajewo |
Area Total Km2: | 115.72 |
Population Total: | 6485 |
Population As Of: | 2011[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 3523 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank1: | 2962 |
Coor Pinpoint: | Szczuczyn |
Coordinates: | 53.5661°N 22.285°W |
Seat: | Szczuczyn |
Website: | http://www.um.szczuczyn.pl |
Gmina Szczuczyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Grajewo County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szczuczyn, which lies approximately 15km (09miles) south-west of Grajewo and 770NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 115.72km2, and as of 2006 its total population is 6,675 (out of which the population of Szczuczyn amounts to 3,564, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,111).
Apart from the town of Szczuczyn, Gmina Szczuczyn contains the villages and settlements of Balcer, Bęćkowo, Brzeźno, Bzury, Chojnowo, Czarnówek, Czarnowo, Danowo, Dołęgi, Gutki, Jambrzyki, Koniecki Małe, Koniecki-Rostroszewo, Kurki, Lipnik, Mazewo, Miętusewo, Milewo, Niećkowo, Niedźwiadna, Niedźwiedzkie, Nowe Zacieczki, Obrytki, Przeszkoda, Rakowo, Skaje, Sokoły, Stare Guty, Świdry-Awissa, Tarachy, Wólka, Zacieczki, Załuski, and Zofiówka.
Gmina Szczuczyn is bordered by the gminas of Biała Piska, Grabowo, Grajewo, Prostki, and Wąsosz.