Gmina Boćki ' 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 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

Gmina Boćki 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 Równinę Bielską (English: Bielska Plain).

The Nurzec

Nurzec

The Nurzec is a river in north-eastern Poland, a tributary of the Bug River. It flows through the geographical region known in Polish as Wysoczyzny Podlasko-Bialoruskie...

 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...

, passes through Gmina Boćki.

The gmina covers an area of 232.06 square kilometres (89.6 sq mi).

Location

It is located approximately: north-east 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...

 south 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...

 southwest 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	4906	100	2,391	48.7	2,515	51.3
Population Density (persons/km²)	21.1		10.3		10.8

Municipal government

Its seat is the village of Boćki

Bocki

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

Executive branch

The chief executive of the government is the mayor (Polish: wójt).

Legislative branch

The legislative portion of the government is the 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:

Andryjanki

Andryjanki

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

, Boćki

Bocki

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

, Bodaczki

Bodaczki

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

, Bodaki, Bystre

Bystre, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Chranibory Drugie

Chranibory Drugie

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

, Chranibory Pierwsze

Chranibory Pierwsze

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

, Dubno

Dubno, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Dziecinne

Dziecinne

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

, Hawryłki, Jakubowskie

Jakubowskie

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

, Krasna Wieś

Krasna Wies

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

, Młynisk, Mołoczki, Nurzec

Nurzec, Bielsk County

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

, Olszewo

Olszewo, Gmina Bocki

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

, Pasieka

Pasieka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Piotrowo-Krzywokoły, Piotrowo-Trojany

Piotrowo-Trojany

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

, Przy Ostaszach

Przy Ostaszach

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

, Sasiny

Sasiny, Gmina Bocki

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

, Siedlece

Siedlece

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

, Siekluki, Sielc, Skalimowo

Skalimowo

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

, Solniki

Solniki, Bielsk County

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

, Starowieś

Starowies

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

, Szeszyły, Szumki

Szumki

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

, Śnieżki

Sniezki

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

, Torule

Torule

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

, Wandalin

Wandalin, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Wandalinek

Wandalinek

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

, Wiercień

Wiercien, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Wojtki

Wojtki

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

, Wygonowo

Wygonowo

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

, Wylan

Wylan

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

, Żołoćki.

Neighbouring political subdivisions

Gmina Boćki 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:...

, Dziadkowice

Gmina Dziadkowice

Gmina Dziadkowice is a rural gmina in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dziadkowice, which lies approximately north of Siemiatycze and south of the regional capital Białystok.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

, Kleszczele

Gmina Kleszczele

Gmina Kleszczele is an urban-rural gmina in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus...

, Milejczyce

Gmina Milejczyce

Gmina Milejczyce is a rural gmina in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Milejczyce, which lies approximately north-east of Siemiatycze and south of the regional capital Białystok.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total...

 and Orla

Gmina Orla

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

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