Krasnopol, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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Krasnopol k, is a village
in Sejny County
, Podlaskie Voivodeship
, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Krasnopol
. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Sejny
and 111 km (69 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
The village has a population of 1,300.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Sejny County
Sejny County
Sejny County a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, in the extreme north-east of Poland, on the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998...
, 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. It is the seat of the 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) called Gmina Krasnopol
Gmina Krasnopol
Gmina Krasnopol, is a rural gmina in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Krasnopol, which lies approximately west of Sejny and north of the regional capital Białystok....
. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) west of Sejny
Sejny
Sejny is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, close to the border with Lithuania and Belarus. It is located in the eastern part of the Suwałki Lake Area , on the Marycha river, being a tributary of Czarna Hańcza...
and 111 km (69 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
The village has a population of 1,300.