Gmina Lipsk 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 Augustów County

Augustów County

Augustów 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 Lipsk

Lipsk

Lipsk , , is a town in Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,520 inhabitants ....

, which lies approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) south-east of Augustów

Augustów

Augustów is a town in north-eastern Poland with 29,600 inhabitants . It lies on the Netta River and the Augustów Canal. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , having previously been in Suwałki Voivodeship . It is the seat of Augustów County and of Gmina Augustów.In 1970 Augustów became...

 and 71 km (44 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 184.42 square kilometres (71.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 5,660 (out of which the population of Lipsk amounts to 2,498, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 3,162).

Villages

Apart from the town of Lipsk, Gmina Lipsk contains the villages and settlements of Bartniki

Bartniki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Dolinczany

Dolinczany

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

, Dulkowszczyzna

Dulkowszczyzna

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

, Jaczniki

Jaczniki

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

, Jałowo, Jasionowo

Jasionowo, Augustów County

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

, Kolonie Lipsk

Kolonie Lipsk

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

, Kopczany

Kopczany

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

, Krasne

Krasne, Augustów County

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

, Kurianka

Kurianka

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

, Lichosielce

Lichosielce

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

, Lipsk Murowany

Lipsk Murowany

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

, Lipszczany

Lipszczany

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

, Lubinowo

Lubinowo

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

, Nowe Leśne Bohatery

Nowe Lesne Bohatery

Nowe Leśne Bohatery is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipsk, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Lipsk, east of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok.-...

, Nowy Lipsk

Nowy Lipsk

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

, Nowy Rogożyn

Nowy Rogozyn

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

, Podwołkuszne, Rakowicze

Rakowicze, Augustów County

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

, Rogożynek

Rogozynek

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

, Rygałówka, Siółko, Skieblewo

Skieblewo

Skieblewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipsk, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Lipsk, east of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok.-External links:*...

, Sołojewszczyzna, Stare Leśne Bohatery

Stare Lesne Bohatery

Stare Leśne Bohatery is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipsk, within Augustów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north-east of Lipsk, east of Augustów, and north of the regional capital Białystok.-...

, Starożyńce

Starozynce

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

, Stary Rogożyn

Stary Rogozyn

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

, Wołkusz, Wyżarne

Wyzarne

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

 and Żabickie

Zabickie

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Lipsk is bordered by the gminas of Dąbrowa Białostocka, Nowy Dwór

Gmina Nowy Dwór

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

, Płaska and Sztabin

Gmina Sztabin

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

. 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 ,...

.