Gmina Hajnówka
Gmina Hajnówka (Belarusian: Гміна Гайнаўка) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Hajnówka, although the town is not part of the territory of the gmina.
Gmina Hajnówka
Hajnówka Commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates (Hajnówka): 52°44′N 23°34′E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Hajnówka |
| Seat | Hajnówka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 293.15 km2 (113.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 4,273 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Website | http://www.gmina-hajnowka.pl/ |
The gmina covers an area of 293.15 square kilometres (113.2 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,273.
It is one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.
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