Szepietowo
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Szepietowo sz is a town
in Wysokie Mazowieckie County
, Podlaskie Voivodeship
, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
(administrative district) called Gmina Szepietowo
. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Wysokie Mazowieckie
and 51 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Białystok.
Szepietowo has a population of 2,412. It gained town status on 1 January 2010.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Wysokie Mazowieckie County
Wysokie Mazowieckie County
Wysokie Mazowieckie 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 Wysokie...
, 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. It is the seat of the 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) called Gmina Szepietowo
Gmina Szepietowo
Gmina Szepietowo is an urban-rural gmina in Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Szepietowo, which lies approximately south of Wysokie Mazowieckie and south-west of the regional capital Białystok.The gmina covers an area of , and as...
. It lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Wysokie Mazowieckie
Wysokie Mazowieckie
Wysokie Mazowieckie is a town in north-eastern Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Wysokie Mazowieckie County. Population is 10,034 .-Twin towns — Sister cities:Wysokie Mazowieckie is twinned with: Alpiarça, Portugal...
and 51 km (32 mi) south-west of the regional capital Białystok.
Szepietowo has a population of 2,412. It gained town status on 1 January 2010.