Siemiatycze County

Siemiatycze County
Powiat siemiatycki

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Location within the voivodeship

Coordinates (Siemiatycze): 52°25′38″N 22°51′45″E / 52.42722°N 22.86250°ECoordinates: 52°25′38″N 22°51′45″E / 52.42722°N 22.86250°E

Country

Poland

Seat

Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)

Area

• Total

1,459.58 km² (563.55 sq mi)

Population (2006)

• Total

48,603

• Density

33/km² (86/sq mi)

• Urban

17,255

• Rural

31,348

Car plates

BSI

Website

http://www.siemiatycze.pl

Siemiatycze County (Polish: powiat siemiatycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. 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 Siemiatycze, which lies 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Drohiczyn, lying 15 km (9 mi) west of Siemiatycze.

The county covers an area of 1,459.58 square kilometres (563.5 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 48,603, out of which the population of Siemiatycze is 15,169, that of Drohiczyn is 2,086, and the rural population is 31,348.

Neighbouring counties

Siemiatycze County is bordered by Biała Podlaska County and Łosice County to the south, Siedlce County to the south-west, Sokołów County to the west, Wysokie Mazowieckie County and Bielsk County to the north, and Hajnówka County to the north-east. It also borders Belarus to the east.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2006)	Seat
Siemiatycze	urban	36.3	15,169
Gmina Drohiczyn	urban-rural	208.0	6,815	Drohiczyn
Gmina Siemiatycze	rural	227.1	6,451	Siemiatycze *
Gmina Grodzisk	rural	203.2	4,596	Grodzisk
Gmina Nurzec-Stacja	rural	215.0	4,460	Nurzec-Stacja
Gmina Perlejewo	rural	106.3	3,149	Perlejewo
Gmina Dziadkowice	rural	115.7	3,058	Dziadkowice
Gmina Mielnik	rural	196.2	2,696	Mielnik
Gmina Milejczyce	rural	151.8	2,209	Milejczyce
* seat not part of the gmina

References

Polish official population figures 2006

Gminas of Siemiatycze County

Seat	Siemiatycze (urban gmina)

Urban-rural gmina	Gmina Drohiczyn

Rural gminas	Gmina Dziadkowice Gmina Grodzisk Gmina Mielnik Gmina Milejczyce Gmina Nurzec-Stacja Gmina Perlejewo Gmina Siemiatycze

Counties of Podlaskie Voivodeship

City counties	Białystok (capital) Łomża Suwałki

Land counties	Augustów Białystok Bielsk Grajewo Hajnówka Kolno Łomża Mońki Sejny Siemiatycze Sokółka Suwałki Wysokie Mazowieckie Zambrów

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