Gmina Bielsk Podlaski AUD 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...

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Rivers

Five rivers pass through the Gmina:

• The Narew
  Narew
  The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...
  
   River, a tributary of the Bug River
  Bug River
  The Bug River is a left tributary of the Narew river flows from central Ukraine to the west, passing along the Ukraine-Polish and Polish-Belarusian border and into Poland, where it empties into the Narew river near Serock. The part between the lake and the Vistula River is sometimes referred to as...
  
  
• The Strabelka River, a tributary of the Narew
  Narew
  The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...
  
   River
• The Orlanka
  Orlanka
  The Orlanka or Orlanka River, in eastern Poland, is a tributary of the Narew River.-Geography:The Orlanka flows through the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Białoruskie located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland.The drainage area is contained within the...
  
   River, a tributary of the Narew
  Narew
  The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...
  
   River
• The Biała River, a tributary of the Orlanka
  Orlanka
  The Orlanka or Orlanka River, in eastern Poland, is a tributary of the Narew River.-Geography:The Orlanka flows through the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Białoruskie located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship of Poland.The drainage area is contained within the...
  
   River
• The Łoknica River, a tributary of the Narew
  Narew
  The Narew River , in western Belarus and north-eastern Poland, is a left tributary of the Vistula river...
  
   River

Municipal Government

Its seat is the town 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...

, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.

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

Augustowo

Augustowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Bańki

Banki

Banki is a town and a Notified Area Council in Cuttack district in the state of Orissa, India.-Geography:Banki is located at . It has an average elevation of 48 metres .-Demographics:...

, Biała, Bielanowszczyzna

Bielanowszczyzna

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

, Bolesty

Bolesty, Bielsk County

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

, Brześcianka

Brzescianka

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

, Chraboły, Deniski

Deniski

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

, Dobromil

Dobromil, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Dubiażyn

Dubiazyn

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

, Dwór, Gaj

Gaj, Bielsk County

Gaj is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Grabowiec

Grabowiec, Bielsk County

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

, Haćki

Hacki

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

, Hendzel

Hendzel

Hendzel is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Hołody, Hryniewicze Duże

Hryniewicze Duze

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

, Hryniewicze Małe, Husaki

Husaki

Husaki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, 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:...

, Jacewicze

Jacewicze

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

, Knorozy

Knorozy

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

, Knorydy

Knorydy

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

, Knorydy Górne

Knorydy Górne

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

, Knorydy Podleśne

Knorydy Podlesne

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

, Knorydy Średnie

Knorydy Srednie

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

, Korpacz

Korpacz

Korpacz is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Koszarka

Koszarka

Koszarka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Kotły, Kozły, Kożyno Duże

Kozyno

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

, Kożyno Małe, Krzywa

Krzywa, Bielsk County

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

, Lewki, Łoknica, Łubin Kościelny, Łubin Rudołty, Malinowo

Malinowo, Bielsk County

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

, Miękisze

Miekisze

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

, Mokre

Mokre, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Na Brańskiej

Na Branskiej

Na Brańskiej is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Nałogi, Ogrodniki

Ogrodniki, Bielsk County

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

, Orlanka

Orlanka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Orzechowicze

Orzechowicze

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

, Parcewo

Parcewo

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

, Pasynki, Pietrzykowo-Gołąbki, Pietrzykowo-Wyszki

Pietrzykowo-Wyszki

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

, Piliki

Piliki

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

, Pilipki

Pilipki

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

, Ploski

Ploski

Płoski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wąsosz, within Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany....

, Plutycze

Plutycze

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

, Podbiele

Podbiele, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Podbiele is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Proniewicze

Proniewicze

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

, Rajki

Rajki

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

, Rajsk

Rajsk

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

, Rzepniewo

Rzepniewo

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

, Saki

Saki

Hector Hugh Munro , better known by the pen name Saki, and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy...

, Sierakowizna

Sierakowizna

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

, Skrzypki Duże

Skrzypki Duze

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

, Skrzypki Małe, Sobotczyzna

Sobotczyzna

Sobotczyzna is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Sobótka

Sobótka

Sobótka is a town in Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Sobótka. Sobótka is located about southwest of Wrocław on the northern slope of Mount Ślęża, part of the Central Sudetes mountain range...

, Stołowacz, Stryki

Stryki

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

, Stupniki

Stupniki

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

, Szastały, Szewele

Szewele

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

, Treszczotki

Treszczotki

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

, Truski

Truski

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

, Użyki

Uzyki

Użyki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Widowo

Widowo

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

, Woronie

Woronie

Woronie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielsk Podlaski, 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:...

, Zawady

Zawady, Bielsk County

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

, Zubowo

Zubowo

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

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Neighbouring Municipalities

Gmina Bielsk Podlaski is bordered by the town 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...

 and 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:...

, 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:...

, Czyże

Gmina Czyze

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

, Juchnowiec Kościelny, Narew

Gmina Narew

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

, Orla

Gmina Orla

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

, Wyszki

Gmina Wyszki

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

 and Zabłudów.