Gmina Supraśl 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 Białystok County, 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 Supraśl

Suprasl

Supraśl is a town in north-eastern Poland. It is the home of the Supraśl Lavra, one of only six Eastern Orthodox monasteries for males in Poland. Situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship , previously in Białystok Voivodeship . It is located in Białystok County, about 15 km northeast of...

, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 187.96 square kilometres (72.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,780 (out of which the population of Supraśl amounts to 4,578, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,202).

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 ....

.

Villages

Apart from the town of Supraśl, Gmina Supraśl contains the villages and settlements of Cegielnia, Ciasne

Ciasne

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

, Cieliczanka

Cieliczanka

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

, Czołnowo, Drukowszczyzna

Drukowszczyzna

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

, Grabówka, Grabówka-Kolonia

Grabówka-Kolonia, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Grabówka-Kolonia is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Supraśl and east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Henrykowo

Henrykowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Izoby

Izoby

Izoby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Jałówka, Karakule

Karakule

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

, Komosa

Komosa, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Komosa is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Konne

Konne

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

, Kopna Góra

Kopna Góra

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

, Kozły, Krasne, Krasne-Gajówka

Krasne-Gajówka

Krasne-Gajówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Krasny Las

Krasny Las

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

, Krzemienne

Krzemienne

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

, Łaźnie, Majówka

Majówka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Międzyrzecze

Miedzyrzecze, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Ogrodniczki

Ogrodniczki, Gmina Suprasl

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

, Pieczonka

Pieczonka, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Podjałówka, Podłaźnie, Podsokołda, Podsokołda-Gajówka, Pólko

Pólko, Gmina Suprasl

Pólko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Sadowy Stok

Sadowy Stok

Sadowy Stok is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Supraśl and north-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...

, Sobolewo, Sobolewo-Kolonia

Sobolewo-Kolonia

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

, Sokołda, Sowlany

Sowlany

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

, Stary Majdan

Stary Majdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship

Stary Majdan is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Surażkowo

Surazkowo

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

, Turo

Turo

Turo is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Supraśl and north-east of the regional capital Białystok....

, Turo-Gajówka

Turo-Gajówka

Turo-Gajówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

, Woronicze

Woronicze

Woronicze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...

, Zacisze

Zacisze, Gmina Suprasl

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

, Zaścianki

Zascianki, Podlaskie Voivodeship

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

, Zdroje

Zdroje, Gmina Suprasl

Zdroje is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....

 and Zielona

Zielona, Gmina Suprasl

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

.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Supraśl is bordered by the city of Białystok and by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Gródek, Sokółka, Szudziałowo, Wasilków and Zabłudów.