Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne 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...

 (administrative district) in Hajnówka County

Hajnówka County

Hajnówka County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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...

, 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

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...

, on the border with Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

. Its seat is the village of Dubicze Cerkiewne

Dubicze Cerkiewne

Dubicze Cerkiewne is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne. It lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south of the regional capital Białystok.The village...

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-west of Hajnówka

Hajnówka

Hajnówka is a town and a powiat seat in north-eastern Poland with 21,583 inhabitants . It is a notable centre of Belarusian culture in Poland and one of the centres of Orthodox faith. It is also notable for its proximity to the Białowieża Forest, the biggest primaeval forest in Europe. It is the...

 and 55 km (34 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 151.19 square kilometres (58.4 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 1,871.

Villages

Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne contains the villages and settlements of Czechy Orlańskie

Czechy Orlanskie

Czechy Orlańskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

, Długi Bród, Dubicze Cerkiewne

Dubicze Cerkiewne

Dubicze Cerkiewne is a village in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne. It lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south of the regional capital Białystok.The village...

, Dubicze Tofiłowce, Górny Gród

Górny Gród

Górny Gród is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus....

, Grabowiec

Grabowiec, Hajnówka County

Grabowiec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-west of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south-west of Hajnówka, and south of the regional...

, Istok

Istok, Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne

Istok is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.-References:...

, Jagodniki

Jagodniki

Jagodniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus...

, Jakubowo

Jakubowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Jakubowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional capital...

, Jelonka

Jelonka

Jelonka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south-west of Hajnówka, and south of the regional capital...

, Jodłówka, Klakowo

Klakowo

Klakowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional...

, Koryciski

Koryciski

Koryciski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.The village has a population of 150....

, Krągłe, Kraskowszczyzna

Kraskowszczyzna

Kraskowszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south-west of Hajnówka, and south of the regional...

, Nikiforowszczyzna

Nikiforowszczyzna

Nikiforowszczyzna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the...

, Pasieczniki Małe, Piaski

Piaski, Hajnówka County

Piaski is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional capital...

, Rutka

Rutka, Hajnówka County

Rutka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.-References:...

, Siemiwołoki, Stary Kornin

Stary Kornin

Stary Kornin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately north of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south-west of Hajnówka, and south of the regional...

, Starzyna

Starzyna

Starzyna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional...

, Werstok

Werstok

Werstok is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south of the regional capital...

, Wiluki

Wiluki

Wiluki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional...

, Witowo

Witowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Witowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south-west of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional...

, Wojnówka

Wojnówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Wojnówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately south-east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south of the regional capital...

, Wygon

Wygon, Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne

Wygon is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.-References:...

 and Zabagonie

Zabagonie

Zabagonie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus. It lies approximately east of Dubicze Cerkiewne, south of Hajnówka, and south-east of the regional capital...

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Dubicze Cerkiewne is bordered by the gminas of 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....

, Hajnówka

Gmina Hajnówka

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

, Kleszczele

Gmina Kleszczele

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

 and Orla

Gmina Orla

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

. It also borders Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

.