Gmina Hajnówka 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 Hajnówka County

Hajnówka County

Hajnówka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest...

, 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...

, on the border with Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. Its seat is the town of Hajnówka

Hajnówka

Hajnówka is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland with 21,583 inhabitants . It is a notable centre of Belarusian culture in Poland and one of the centres of Orthodox faith. It is also notable for its proximity to the Białowieża Forest, the biggest primaeval forest in Europe. It is the...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

The gmina covers an area of 293.15 square kilometres (113.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,273.

Villages

Gmina Hajnówka contains the villages and settlements of Basen

Basen, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Basen is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Bielszczyzna

Bielszczyzna

Bielszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Bokówka

Bokówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Bokówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Borek

Borek, Hajnówka County

Borek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Borysówka

Borysówka

Borysówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Chytra

Chytra

Chytra is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Czyżyki

Czyzyki

Czyżyki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Dubicze Osoczne

Dubicze Osoczne

Dubicze Osoczne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Dubińska Ferma

Dubinska Ferma

Dubińska Ferma is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Dubiny

Dubiny

Dubiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Golakowa Szyja

Golakowa Szyja

Golakowa Szyja is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Kotówka

Kotówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Kotówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Lipiny

Lipiny, Hajnówka County

Lipiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Łozice, Majdan

Majdan, Hajnówka County

Majdan is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Mikołajowy Las, Mochnate

Mochnate

Mochnate is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a population...

, Nowe Berezowo

Nowe Berezowo

Nowe Berezowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a...

, Nowe Kornino

Nowe Kornino

Nowe Kornino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a...

, Nowoberezowo

Nowoberezowo

Nowoberezowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Nowokornino

Nowokornino

Nowokornino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

, Nowosady

Nowosady, Hajnówka County

Nowosady is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village was founded...

, Olchowa Kładka, Olszyna

Olszyna, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Olszyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Orzeszkowo

Orzeszkowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Orzeszkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Pasieczniki Duże

Pasieczniki Duze

Pasieczniki Duże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Pasieczniki Wielkie

Pasieczniki Wielkie

Pasieczniki Wielkie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Pasieczniki-Stebki

Pasieczniki-Stebki

Pasieczniki-Stebki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

, Postołowo, Progale

Progale

Progale is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.-References:...

, Przechody

Przechody, Hajnówka County

Przechody is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Puciska

Puciska

Puciska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.-References:...

, Rzepiska

Rzepiska, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Rzepiska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Sacharewo

Sacharewo

Sacharewo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Skryplewo

Skryplewo

Skryplewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Smolany Sadek

Smolany Sadek

Smolany Sadek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Sorocza Nóżka

Sorocza Nózka

Sorocza Nóżka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Sosnówka

Sosnówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Sosnówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:*...

, Sowiny Grunt

Sowiny Grunt

Sowiny Grunt is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Stare Berezowo

Stare Berezowo

Stare Berezowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a...

, Topiło, Trywieża

Trywieza

Trywieża is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Wasilkowo

Wasilkowo

Wasilkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Wygoda

Wygoda, Hajnówka County

Wygoda is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-west of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Wygon

Wygon, Gmina Hajnówka

Wygon is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

 and Zwodzieckie

Zwodzieckie

Zwodzieckie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hajnówka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Hajnówka is bordered by the town of Hajnówka

Hajnówka

Hajnówka is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland with 21,583 inhabitants . It is a notable centre of Belarusian culture in Poland and one of the centres of Orthodox faith. It is also notable for its proximity to the Białowieża Forest, the biggest primaeval forest in Europe. It is the...

 and by the gminas of Białowieża, Czyże

Gmina Czyze

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

, Dubicze Cerkiewne

Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne

Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne is a rural gmina in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus...

, Narew

Gmina Narew

Gmina Narew is a rural gmina in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Narew, which lies approximately north of Hajnówka and south-east of the regional capital Białystok....

 and Narewka

Gmina Narewka

Gmina Narewka is a rural gmina in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus...

. It also borders Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

.