Gmina Filipów is a rural gmina

Gmina

The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Podlaskie Voivodeship

Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...

, in north-eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. Its seat is the village of Filipów

Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Filipów , is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately north-west of Suwałki and north of the regional capital Białystok...

, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 150.35 square kilometres (58.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,478.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Filipów is bordered by the gminas of Bakałarzewo, Dubeninki

Gmina Dubeninki

Gmina Dubeninki is a rural gmina in Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia...

, Gołdap, Kowale Oleckie

Gmina Kowale Oleckie

Gmina Kowale Oleckie is a rural gmina in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the village of Kowale Oleckie, which lies approximately north of Olecko and east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Olecko

Gmina Olecko

Gmina Olecko is an urban-rural gmina in Olecko County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. Its seat is the town of Olecko, which lies approximately east of the regional capital Olsztyn....

, Przerośl

Gmina Przerosl

Gmina Przerośl is a rural gmina in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Przerośl, which lies approximately north-west of Suwałki and north of the regional capital Białystok....

 and Suwałki.

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Agrafinówka

Agrafinówka

Agrafinówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Filipów, north-west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Bartnia Góra

Bartnia Góra, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Bartnia Góra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.The village has a population of 40.-References:...

, Bitkowo, Czarne

Czarne, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Czarne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Czostków

Czostków, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Czostków is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Filipów

Filipów, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Filipów , is a village in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Filipów. It lies approximately north-west of Suwałki and north of the regional capital Białystok...

 (divided into four sołectwos: Filipów Pierwszy, Filipów Drugi, Filipów Trzeci and Filipów Czwarty), Garbas

Garbas

Garbas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Filipów, north-west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

 (divided into two sołectwos: Garbas Pierwszy and Garbas Drugi), Huta

Huta, Gmina Filipów

Huta is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Jemieliste

Jemieliste, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Jemieliste is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Filipów, north-west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Mieruniszki

Mieruniszki

Mieruniszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Filipów, west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Nowa Dębszczyzna

Nowa Debszczyzna

Nowa Dębszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Olszanka

Olszanka, Gmina Filipów

Olszanka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Piecki

Piecki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Piecki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Filipów, north-west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Rospuda

Rospuda, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Rospuda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Filipów, north-west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Smolenka

Smolenka

Smolenka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Stara Dębszczyzna

Stara Debszczyzna

Stara Dębszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Stare Motule

Stare Motule

Stare Motule is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Supienie

Supienie

Supienie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Filipów, north-west of Suwałki, and north of the regional capital Białystok....

, Szafranki, Tabałówka, Wólka

Wólka, Gmina Filipów

Wólka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

 and Zusno

Zusno

Zusno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Filipów, within Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

.