Gmina Czyżew
Gmina Czyżew
Czyżew Commune | |
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| Coordinates (Czyżew): 52°48′N 22°19′E / 52.800°N 22.317°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
| County | Wysokie Mazowieckie |
| Seat | Czyżew |
| Area | |
• Total | 123.4 km2 (47.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 6,550 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,636 |
| • Rural | 3,914 |
| Website | http://www.czyzewosada.pl/ |
Gmina Czyżew is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Wysokie Mazowieckie County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Czyżew, which lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of Wysokie Mazowieckie and 67 km (42 mi) south-west of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 123.4 square kilometres (47.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 6,653. Prior to 2011 it was a rural gmina and was called Gmina Czyżew-Osada, with its seat in the village of Czyżew-Osada (now part of the town of Czyżew, which was created on 1 January 2011).