Metropolitan Białystok - a metropolitan area designated by the Governor of the Regulation No. 52/05 of 16 May 2005 in order to help economically develop the region.

In 2006, the metropolitan area population was 450,254 inhabitants. It covers an area of 1.521 km ². For one km², there are about 265 people. Among urban residents are more women - 192 thousand. on 100 men, 108 women on average. The municipalities adjacent to Białystok are slowly losing their agricultural character, becoming the residential suburban neighborhoods.

Białystok is connected to neighboring municipalities, a number of features (network infrastructure, transportation system).

The metropolitan area includes:

• the City of Białystok,
• including the villages in Gmina Choroszcz:
  • Jeroniki
    Jeroniki
    Jeroniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland...
    
    , Klepacze, Krupniki
    Krupniki
    Krupniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Choroszcz and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Łyski, Porosły, Sienkiewicze
    Sienkiewicze
    Sienkiewicze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Choroszcz and west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
     and Turczyn
    Turczyn, Gmina Choroszcz
    Turczyn is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Choroszcz, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...
    
    ,
• including the villages in Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże:
  • Bohdan
    Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Bohdan is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Borsukówka
    Borsukówka
    Borsukówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Chraboły, Dobrzyniewo Duże
    Dobrzyniewo Duze
    Dobrzyniewo Duże is a village in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże. It lies approximately north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Dobrzyniewo Fabryczne
    Dobrzyniewo Fabryczne
    Dobrzyniewo Fabryczne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...
    
    *, Dobrzyniewo Kościelne
    Dobrzyniewo Koscielne
    Dobrzyniewo Kościelne is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    *, Fasty
    Fasty
    Fasty is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    *, Gniła, Jaworówka
    Jaworówka
    Jaworówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Kozińce
    Kozince
    Kozińce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Kulikówka
    Kulikówka
    Kulikówka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Krynice
    Krynice, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Krynice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland...
    
    , Letniki
    Letniki, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Letniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Leńce
    Lence
    Leńce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Nowe Aleksandrowo
    Nowe Aleksandrowo
    Nowe Aleksandrowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    *, Obrubniki
    Obrubniki
    Obrubniki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Ogrodniki*, Pogorzałki, Ponikła, Podleńce
    Podlence
    Podleńce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Dobrzyniewo Duże and north-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Szaciły and Zalesie
• including the villages in Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny:
  • Bronczany
    Bronczany
    Bronczany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a population of...
    
    , Izabelin
    Izabelin, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Izabelin is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...
    
    , Kleosin
    Kleosin
    Kleosin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Księżyno
    Ksiezyno
    Księżyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Kolonia Księżyno
    Kolonia Ksiezyno
    Kolonia Księżyno is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    , Koplany
    Koplany
    Koplany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-west of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Kolonia Koplany
    Kolonia Koplany
    Kolonia Koplany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...
    
    , Lewickie
    Lewickie
    Lewickie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    , Niewodnica Nargilewska
    Niewodnica Nargilewska
    Niewodnica Nargilewska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    , Solniczki
    Solniczki
    Solniczki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Juchnowiec Kościelny and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a population of...
    
     and Stanisławowo
• City 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...
  
   and the villages in Gmina Supraśl:
  • Grabówka, 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:...
    
    , 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....
    
     and 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:...
    
    
• City of Wasilków
  Wasilków
  Wasilków is a town in north-eastern Poland, about 8 km north of Białystok, with 8,751 inhabitants .It is situated in Białystok County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship .-External links:*...
  
   and the villages in Gmina Wasilków:
  • Dąbrówki
    Dabrówki, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Dąbrówki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately east of Wasilków and north-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    , Katrynka
    Katrynka
    Katrynka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland....
    
    , Jurowce
    Jurowce, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Jurowce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wasilków and north of the regional capital Białystok....
    
    *, Osowicze
    Osowicze
    Osowicze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.-References:...
    
    *, Sochonie
    Sochonie
    Sochonie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wasilków and north of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    *, Studzianki
    Studzianki, Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Studzianki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Wasilków and north-east of the regional capitol Białystok....
    
    , Nowodworce
    Nowodworce
    Nowodworce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Wasilków and north-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    *, Sielachowskie
    Sielachowskie
    Sielachowskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately west of Wasilków and north of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    *, Wólka Poduchowna
    Wólka Poduchowna
    Wólka Poduchowna is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wasilków and north of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    , Wólka-Przedmieście
    Wólka-Przedmiescie
    Wólka-Przedmieście is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wasilków, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Wasilków and north of the regional capital Białystok....
    
     and Woroszyły,
• including the villages in Gmina Zabłudów:
  • Halickie
    Halickie
    Halickie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabłudów, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zabłudów and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    , Kuriany
    Kuriany
    Kuriany is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabłudów, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zabłudów and south-east of the regional capital Białystok....
    
     and Skrybicze
    Skrybicze
    Skrybicze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zabłudów, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Zabłudów and south-east of the regional capital Białystok.-References:...
    
    

• village added via Regulation No. 2 / 2008 of 28 January 2008 amending the Decree of 29 September 2006 on the designation of Metropolitan Białystok.