Gmina Przerośl 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 Przerośl

Przerosl

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

, which lies approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 131 km (81 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 123.84 square kilometres (47.8 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,095.

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Suwałki Landscape Park.

Villages

Gmina Przerośl contains the villages and settlements of Blenda

Blenda, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Bućki

Bucki

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

, Hańcza

Hancza, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Iwaniszki

Iwaniszki

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

, Kolonia Przerośl

Kolonia Przerosl

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

, Kruszki

Kruszki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Krzywólka

Krzywólka, Gmina Przerosl

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

, Łanowicze Duże, Łanowicze Małe, Morgi, Nowa Pawłówka, Nowa Przerośl

Nowa Przerosl

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

, Olszanka

Olszanka, Gmina Przerosl

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

, Prawy Las

Prawy Las

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

, Przełomka, Przerośl

Przerosl

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

, Przystajne

Przystajne

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

, Rakówek

Rakówek, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Romanówka, Śmieciuchówka

Smieciuchówka

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

, Stara Pawłówka, Wersele

Wersele

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

, Zarzecze

Zarzecze, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

 and Zusienko

Zusienko

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Przerośl is bordered by the gminas of Dubeninki

Gmina Dubeninki

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

, Filipów

Gmina Filipów

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

, Jeleniewo

Gmina Jeleniewo

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

, Suwałki and Wiżajny

Gmina Wizajny

Gmina Wiżajny, is a rural gmina in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border...

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