Gmina Knyszyn 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 Mońki County

Monki County

Mońki County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern 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 Mońki, which lies ...

, 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...

. Its seat is the town of Knyszyn

Knyszyn

Knyszyn is a town in north-eastern Poland, northwest of Białystok. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , and was formerly in the Białystok Voivodeship ....

, which lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Mońki

Monki

Mońki is a town in northeastern Poland and, as of 1999, is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Białystok Voivodeship . It is the capital of Mońki County....

 and 28 km (17 mi) north-west of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 127.68 square kilometres (49.3 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,942 (out of which the population of Knyszyn amounts to 2,835, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 2,107).

The gmina contains part of the protected area

Protected area

Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 called Puszcza Knyszyńska Landscape Park

Puszcza Knyszynska Landscape Park

Puszcza Knyszyńska Landscape Park is a protected area in north-eastern Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of ....

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Villages

Apart from the town of Knyszyn, Gmina Knyszyn contains the villages and settlements of Chobotki

Chobotki

Chobotki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Knyszyn, east of Mońki, and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....

, Czechowizna

Czechowizna

Czechowizna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Knyszyn, south-east of Mońki, and north-west of the regional capital Białystok.The village has an approximate...

, Grądy

Grady, Monki County

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

, Guzy

Guzy, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Guzy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Jaskra

Jaskra, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Kalinówka Kościelna

Kalinówka Koscielna

Kalinówka Kościelna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland...

, Knyszyn-Cisówka

Knyszyn-Cisówka

Knyszyn-Cisówka is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Knyszyn, south-east of Mońki, and north-west of the regional capital Białystok.The settlement has a...

, Knyszyn-Zamek

Knyszyn-Zamek

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

, Lewonie

Lewonie, Gmina Knyszyn

Lewonie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Nowiny Kasjerskie

Nowiny Kasjerskie

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

, Nowiny-Zdroje

Nowiny-Zdroje

Nowiny-Zdroje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Ogrodniki

Ogrodniki, Monki County

Ogrodniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Poniklica

Poniklica

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

, Prostki

Prostki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Prostki is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Stoczek

Stoczek, Monki County

Stoczek is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Wodziłówka, Wojtówce

Wojtówce

Wojtówce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Knyszyn, within Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

 and Zofiówka

Zofiówka, Monki County

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

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Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Knyszyn is bordered by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Dobrzyniewo Duże, Jasionówka

Gmina Jasionówka

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

, Krypno

Gmina Krypno

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

 and Mońki

Gmina Monki

Gmina Mońki is an urban-rural gmina in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Mońki, which lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Białystok....

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