Gmina Brok
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Gmina Brok is an urban-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 Ostrów Mazowiecka County
Ostrów Mazowiecka County
Ostrów Mazowiecka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Ostrów...

, Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, in east-central 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 town of Brok
Brok
Brok is a town in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 1,882 inhabitants .-External links:*...

, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Ostrów Mazowiecka
Ostrów Mazowiecka
Ostrów Mazowiecka is a town in northeastern Poland with 23,486 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Ostroleka Voivodeship . It is the capital of Ostrów Mazowiecka County....

 and 79 km (49 mi) 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...

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The gmina covers an area of 110.21 square kilometres (42.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 2,843 (out of which the population of Brok amounts to 1,859, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 984).

Villages

Apart from the town of Brok, Gmina Brok contains the villages and settlements of Bojany
Bojany
Bojany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brok, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Brok, south-west of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and north-east of Warsaw.-References:...

, Laskowizna
Laskowizna, Ostrów Mazowiecka County
Laskowizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brok, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Brok, south-west of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and north-east of Warsaw....

, Nowe Kaczkowo
Nowe Kaczkowo
Nowe Kaczkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brok, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland....

, Puzdrowizna
Puzdrowizna
Puzdrowizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brok, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Brok, south-west of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and north-east of Warsaw....

 and Stare Kaczkowo
Stare Kaczkowo
Stare Kaczkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Brok, within Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Brok, south of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and north-east of Warsaw....

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Brok is bordered by the gminas of Brańszczyk
Gmina Brańszczyk
Gmina Brańszczyk is a rural gmina in Wyszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Brańszczyk, which lies approximately north-east of Wyszków and north-east of Warsaw....

, Małkinia Górna, Ostrów Mazowiecka
Gmina Ostrów Mazowiecka
Gmina Ostrów Mazowiecka is a rural gmina in Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Ostrów Mazowiecka, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina....

 and Sadowne
Gmina Sadowne
Gmina Sadowne is a rural gmina in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Its seat is the village of Sadowne, which lies approximately north of Węgrów and north-east of Warsaw....

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