Gmina Supraśl

Gmina Supraśl is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the town of Supraśl, which lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 187.96 square kilometres (72.6 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 12,780 (out of which the population of Supraśl amounts to 4,578, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 8,202).

The gmina contains part of the protected area called Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.

Villages

Apart from the town of Supraśl, Gmina Supraśl contains the villages and settlements of Cegielnia, Ciasne, Cieliczanka, Czołnowo, Drukowszczyzna, Grabówka, Grabówka-Kolonia, Henrykowo, Izoby, Jałówka, Karakule, Komosa, Konne, Kopna Góra, Kozły, Krasne, Krasne-Gajówka, Krasny Las, Krzemienne, Łaźnie, Majówka, Międzyrzecze, Ogrodniczki, Pieczonka, Podjałówka, Podłaźnie, Podsokołda, Podsokołda-Gajówka, Pólko, Sadowy Stok, Sobolewo, Sobolewo-Kolonia, Sokołda, Sowlany, Stary Majdan, Surażkowo, Turo, Turo-Gajówka, Woronicze, Zacisze, Zaścianki, Zdroje and Zielona.

Supraśl

Supraśl [ˈsupraɕl] is a town in north-eastern Poland. It is the home of the Supraśl Lavra, one of six Eastern Orthodox monasteries for men in Poland. Supraśl is in Podlaskie Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Białystok Voivodeship (1975-1998) (1975–1998), and is in Białystok County, about 15 km northeast of Białystok. It is the seat of the Gmina of Supraśl. Its population is 4,526 (2004).

The Codex of Supraśl, the oldest Slavic literary work in Poland and one of the oldest of its kind in the world, is named after the Supraśl Lavra. Since September 2007 it has been on Unesco's Memory of the World list.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Supraśl is twinned with:

Zgierz, Poland

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Supraśl (river)

Supraśl - is a river in east Poland in Podlaskie Voivodeship, a tributary of the Narew river (near Złotoria), with a length of 93,8 kilometres and the basin area of 1844,4 km²

Supraśl is the source of the drinking water for Białystok.

Tributaries

Słoja (r), Sokołda (r), Kamionka (l), Płoska (l), Pilnica (l), Czarna (r), Biała (l)

Cities and towns

Coordinates: 53°10′39″N 22°56′15″E / 53.177590°N 22.937635°E / 53.177590; 22.937635