Gmina Jednorożec 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 Przasnysz County

Przasnysz County

Przasnysz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. 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 town is Przasnysz, which lies ...

, Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-central 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 Jednorożec

Jednorozec

Jednorożec is a large village in central Poland, in Przasnysz County. Located in the Mazovian Voivodeship, the town is one of the centres of the historical region of Kurpie...

, which lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Przasnysz

Przasnysz

Przasnysz is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodship, about 110 km north of Warsaw and about 115 km south of Olsztyn, it's the capital of Przasnysz County. It has 18,093 inhabitants . One of the most important towns in Mazovia during the Middle Ages. City laws - 1427.-Famous...

 and 103 km (64 mi) north of Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

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The gmina covers an area of 231.57 square kilometres (89.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 7,192.

History

In 1867 the gmina was established with Jednorożec as its seat. Gmina Jednorożec contained 586 houses and 4,376 inhabitants (in 1882) and was contained within an area of 35,391 hectares. In the Jednorożec gmina were the chapel, the office of the municipality, the municipal court, post border guards, forestry office, four tar factories, three windmills, and two inns.

Villages

Gmina Jednorożec contains the villages and settlements of Budy Rządowe

Budy Rzadowe

Budy Rządowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland...

, Drążdżewo Nowe

Drazdzewo Nowe

Drążdżewo Nowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Jednorożec, north-east of Przasnysz, and north of Warsaw.-History:...

, Dynak

Dynak

Dynak is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Jednorożec, north-east of Przasnysz, and north of Warsaw.-History:...

, Jednorożec

Jednorozec

Jednorożec is a large village in central Poland, in Przasnysz County. Located in the Mazovian Voivodeship, the town is one of the centres of the historical region of Kurpie...

, Kobylaki-Czarzaste

Kobylaki-Czarzaste

Kobylaki-Czarzaste is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

, Kobylaki-Konopki

Kobylaki-Konopki

Kobylaki-Konopki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

, Kobylaki-Korysze

Kobylaki-Korysze

Kobylaki-Korysze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

, Kobylaki-Wólka

Kobylaki-Wólka

Kobylaki-Wólka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

, Lipa

Lipa, Przasnysz County

Lipa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.-History:Lipa was originally a royal village, first noted in historical documents dated 1475...

, Małowidz, Nakieł, Obórki

Obórki, Przasnysz County

Obórki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland...

, Olszewka

Olszewka, Przasnysz County

Olszewka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Jednorożec, north-east of Przasnysz, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

, Parciaki

Parciaki

Parciaki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Jednorożec, north-east of Przasnysz, and north of Warsaw.-References:...

, Połoń, Stegna

Stegna, Przasnysz County

Stegna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.-History:...

, Ulatowo-Dąbrówka

Ulatowo-Dabrówka

Ulatowo-Dąbrówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

, Ulatowo-Pogorzel

Ulatowo-Pogorzel

Ulatowo-Pogorzel is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.-References:...

, Ulatowo-Słabogóra, Żelazna Prywatna

Zelazna Prywatna

Żelazna Prywatna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Jednorożec, north-east of Przasnysz, and north of Warsaw....

 and Żelazna Rządowa

Zelazna Rzadowa

Żelazna Rządowa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jednorożec, within Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Jednorożec, north-east of Przasnysz, and north of Warsaw....

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Coat of Arms

The gmina was named Jednorożec (meaning “unicorn”) based on the local legend of a beekeeper who saw a unicorn in the area which was, at the time, a royal hunting preserve. According to the legend, Prince Janusz III Mazowiecki ordered the building of a hunting lodge on the spot, which he named Jednorożec (unicorn).

The coat of arms and the municipal flag consists of a unicorn, a mythical beast symbolizing wisdom, intelligence, courage, speed, nobility, and peace, accompanied by two bees. The unicorn is shown in the position of a Polish “battle” horse. The color green symbolizes the area’s forested Kurpie

Kurpie

Kurpie is one of a number of ethnic regions in Poland, noted for its unique traditional customs, such as its own types of traditional costume, traditional dance, and distinctive type of architecture and livelihoods...

 past, as well as the current “green” values of the local inhabitants, and the green color also refers to the area as part of what was once “Poland’s Green Lungs.”

Gmina seat

The village of Jednorożec

Jednorozec

Jednorożec is a large village in central Poland, in Przasnysz County. Located in the Mazovian Voivodeship, the town is one of the centres of the historical region of Kurpie...

 is the seat of the Gmina Jednorożec (administrative district) in Przasnysz County

Przasnysz County

Przasnysz County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. 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 town is Przasnysz, which lies ...

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The municipal office is located in Jednorożec at ul. Reborn 14, 06-323 Jednorożec, and may be contacted by phone or e-mail:

tel. (29) 751-70-30

fax. (29) 751-70-31

E-mail: gmina@jednorozec.pl

Web address: www.jednorozec.pl

Current departments include:
• Mayor
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Finance and Budget Office
• Investment and Development Team
• Head of the Office of Civil Status
• Independent Workplace Affairs and Local Government Personnel
• Independent Position for Defense, Civil Protection and Economic Crisis Management
• Independent Workplace - Computer Science
• Stand-alone post for Land Reclamation
• Project Coordinator

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Jednorożec is bordered by the gminas of Baranowo

Gmina Baranowo

Gmina Baranowo is a rural gmina in Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Baranowo, which lies approximately north-west of Ostrołęka and north of Warsaw....

, Chorzele

Gmina Chorzele

Gmina Chorzele is an urban-rural gmina in Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Chorzele, which lies approximately north of Przasnysz and north of Warsaw....

, Krasnosielc

Gmina Krasnosielc

Gmina Krasnosielc is a rural gmina in Maków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Krasnosielc, which lies approximately north of Maków Mazowiecki and north of Warsaw....

, Krzynowłoga Mała, Płoniawy-Bramura and Przasnysz

Gmina Przasnysz

Gmina Przasnysz is a rural gmina in Przasnysz County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Przasnysz, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

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