Gmina Kleszczele is an urban-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 Kleszczele

Kleszczele

Kleszczele is a town in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. Prior to 1999, it was in Białystok Voivodeship .The Yiddish playwright Peretz Hirschbein was born in Kleszczele in 1881....

, which lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-west 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 61 km (38 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 142.62 square kilometres (55.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 2,894 (out of which the population of Kleszczele amounts to 1,432, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 1,462).

Villages

Apart from the town of Kleszczele, Gmina Kleszczele contains the villages and settlements of Biała Straż, Dąbrowa

Dabrowa, Gmina Kleszczele

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

, Dasze

Dasze

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

, Dobrowoda

Dobrowoda, Hajnówka County

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

, Gruzka

Gruzka

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

, Kośna

Kosna, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Kuraszewo

Kuraszewo, Gmina Kleszczele

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

, Piotrowszczyzna

Piotrowszczyzna

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

, Pogreby

Pogreby

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

, Policzna

Policzna, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Repczyce

Repczyce

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

, Rowy

Rowy, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Sad

Sad, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Saki

Saki, Gmina Kleszczele

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

, Suchowolce

Suchowolce

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

, Toporki

Toporki

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

, Zaleszany

Zaleszany, Hajnówka County

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

 and Żuki

Zuki, Hajnówka County

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

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Kleszczele is bordered by the gminas of Boćki

Gmina Bocki

Gmina Boćki is a rural gmina in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located north-eastern Poland.-Geography:...

, Czeremcha

Gmina Czeremcha

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

, 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...

, Milejczyce

Gmina Milejczyce

Gmina Milejczyce is a rural gmina in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Milejczyce, which lies approximately north-east of Siemiatycze and south of the regional capital Białystok.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Orla

Gmina Orla

Gmina Orla is a rural gmina in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located in north-eastern Poland.-Geography:...

. 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 ,...

.