Gmina Wyszki ' 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...

 (Polish:gmina wiejska) in Bielsk County

Bielsk County

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

, 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...

. It is located 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...

.

Geography

Brańsk is located in the geographical region of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie (English: Podlaskie and Belarus Plateau) and the mezoregion known as the Równina Bielska (Bielska Plain).

The gmina covers an area of 206.5 square kilometres (79.7 sq mi).

Location

It is located approximately: northeast 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...

, the capital of 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...

 southwest of Białystok, the capital of the 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...

 northwest of Bielsk Podlaski

Bielsk Podlaski

-Roads and Highways:Bielsk Podlaski is at the intersection of two National Road and a Voivodeship Road:* National Road 19 - Kuźnica Białystoka Border Crossing - Kuźnica - Białystok - Bielsk Podlaski - Siemiatycze - Międzyrzec Podlaski - Kock - Lubartów - Lublin - Kraśnik - Janów Lubelski - Nisko...

, the seat of Bielsk County

Bielsk County

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

Climate

The region has a continental climate

Continental climate

Continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water nearby...

 which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters . The average amount of rainfall during the year exceeds 550 millimetres (21.7 in).

Demographics

Detailed data as of 31 December 2007 :

	Total		Women		Men
Unit	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Population	4,914	100	2,440	49.7	2,474	50.3
Population Density (persons/km²)	23.8		11.8		12.0

Executive branch

The chief executive of the government is the Mayor (Polish: Wójt).

Legislative branch

The legislative portion of the government is the City Council

Rada

Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly"borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages....

 (Polish: Rada) composed of the President (Polish: Przewodniczący), the Vice-President (Polish: Wiceprzewodniczący) and thirteen councilors.

Villages

The following villages are contained within the gmina:

Bogusze

Bogusze, Bielsk County

Bogusze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wyszki, west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Budlewo

Budlewo

Budlewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Bujnowo

Bujnowo

Bujnowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Falki

Falki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Falki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Filipy

Filipy, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Filipy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Gawiny

Gawiny

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

, Godzieby

Godzieby

Godzieby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Górskie

Górskie, Bielsk County

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

, Ignatki

Ignatki, Bielsk County

Ignatki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Kalinówka

Kalinówka, Bielsk County

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

, Kamienny Dwór

Kamienny Dwór

Kamienny Dwór is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok....

, Koćmiery

Kocmiery

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

, Kowale

Kowale, Bielsk County

Kowale is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Kożuszki

Kozuszki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Kożuszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wyszki, west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Krupice

Krupice

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

, Łapcie, Łubice, Łuczaje, Łyse, Malesze

Malesze

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

, Mierzwin Duży

Mierzwin Duzy

Mierzwin Duży is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Wyszki, west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Mierzwin Mały, Mieszuki

Mieszuki

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

, Moskwin

Moskwin

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

, Mulawicze

Mulawicze

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

, Niewino Borowe

Niewino Borowe

Niewino Borowe is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Niewino Kamieńskie

Niewino Kamienskie

Niewino Kamieńskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Niewino Leśne

Niewino Lesne

Niewino Leśne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Niewino Popławskie, Nowe Bagińskie

Nowe Baginskie

Nowe Bagińskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Nowe Warpechy

Nowe Warpechy

Nowe Warpechy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok....

, Olszanica

Olszanica, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Osówka

Osówka, Bielsk County

Osówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Ostrówek

Ostrówek, Bielsk County

Ostrówek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Pierzchały, Pulsze

Pulsze

Pulsze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Samułki Duże, Samułki Małe, Sasiny

Sasiny, Gmina Wyszki

Sasiny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Sieśki

Sieski, Bielsk County

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

, Stacewicze

Stacewicze

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

, Stare Bagińskie

Stare Baginskie

Stare Bagińskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Stare Niewino

Stare Niewino

Stare Niewino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok....

, Stare Warpechy

Stare Warpechy

Stare Warpechy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok....

, Stare Zalesie

Stare Zalesie, Bielsk County

Stare Zalesie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok....

, Strabla

Strabla

Strabla is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok....

, Szczepany

Szczepany, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Szczepany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Bielsk Podlaski and south of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Szpaki

Szpaki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Topczewo

Topczewo

Topczewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Trzeszczkowo

Trzeszczkowo

Trzeszczkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Tworki

Tworki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Wiktorzyn

Wiktorzyn, Bielsk County

Wiktorzyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Wodźki

Wodzki

Wodźki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Wólka Pietkowska

Wólka Pietkowska

Wólka Pietkowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok....

, Wólka Zaleska

Wólka Zaleska, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Wólka Zaleska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wyszki, west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Wypychy

Wypychy, Bielsk County

Wypychy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wyszki, north-west of Bielsk Podlaski, and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Wyszki

Wyszki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Wyszki is a village in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Wyszki. It lies approximately north-west of Bielsk Podlaski and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Zakrzewo

Zakrzewo, Bielsk County

Zakrzewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Zdrojki

Zdrojki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Zdrojki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wyszki, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

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Neighbouring political subdivisions

Gmina Wyszki is bordered by the gminas of Bielsk Podlaski

Gmina Bielsk Podlaski

Gmina Bielsk Podlaski is a rural gmina in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located in north-eastern Poland.-Rivers:Five rivers pass through the Gmina:* The Narew River, a tributary of the Bug River...

, Brańsk

Gmina Bransk

Gmina Brańsk is a rural gmina in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located in north-eastern Poland.-Etymology:The name Brańsk comes from the river Bronka, a nearby tributary of the Nurzec River.-Geography:...

, Juchnowiec Kościelny, Poświętne and Suraż.