Gmina Knyszyn

Infobox Settlement
name = Gmina Knyszyn
other_name = Knyszyn Commune
settlement_type = Gmina
total_type = Total


image_shield = POL Knyszyn COA.svg


subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Mońki
area_total_km2 = 127.68
population_total = 4942
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 2835
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 2107
coor_type = Knyszyn
latd = 53
latm = 18
lats = 47
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 55
longs = 3
longEW = E
seat = Knyszyn
website = http://www.knyszyn.pl/ __NOTOC__Gmina Knyszyn is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Mońki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Knyszyn, which lies approximately convert|13|km|mi|0 south-east of Mońki and convert|28|km|mi|0|abbr=on north-west of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of convert|127.68|km2|sqmi|1, 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 called Puszcza Knyszyńska Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Knyszyn, Gmina Knyszyn contains the villages and settlements of Chobotki, Czechowizna, Grądy, Guzy, Jaskra, Kalinówka Kościelna, Knyszyn-Cisówka, Knyszyn-Zamek, Lewonie, Nowiny Kasjerskie, Nowiny-Zdroje, Ogrodniki, Poniklica, Prostki, Stoczek, Wodziłówka, Wojtówce and Zofiówka.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Knyszyn is bordered by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Dobrzyniewo Duże, Jasionówka, Krypno and Mońki.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]