Gmina Narewka
Narewka Commune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates (Narewka): 52°50′10″N 23°45′27″E / 52.83611°N 23.75750°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 |
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.
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.[1]
