Gmina Narewka
Gmina Narewka (Belarusian: Гміна Нараўка) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the village of Narewka, which lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of Hajnówka and 51 km (32 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.
Gmina Narewka
Narewka Commune | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates (Narewka): 52°50′10″N 23°45′27″E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Hajnówka |
| Seat | Narewka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mikołaj Pawilcz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 339.48 km2 (131.07 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 4,019 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Website | http://www.narewka.pl |
The gmina covers an area of 339.48 square kilometres (131.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,019.
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.