Gmina Czyże

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gmina Czyże

| other_name = Czyże Commune

| settlement_type = Gmina

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jerzy Wasiluk

| total_type = Total

| image_flag =

| image_shield = POL gmina Czyże COA.svg

| image_map =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{POL}}

| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship

| subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Hajnówka

| area_total_km2 = 134.2

| population_total = 2528| population_as_of = 2006

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coor_pinpoint = Czyże

| coordinates = {{coord|52|47|N|23|25|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}}

| seat = Czyże

| website = http://www.ugczyze.pl/ }}

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Gmina Czyże ({{langx|be|Гміна Чыжы}}) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Czyże, which lies approximately {{convert|12|km|mi|0}} north-west of Hajnówka and {{convert|41|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} south-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of {{convert|134.2|km2|sqmi|1}}, and as of 2006 its total population is 2,528.

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.Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141

Villages

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Czyże is bordered by the gminas of Bielsk Podlaski, Dubicze Cerkiewne, Hajnówka, Narew and Orla.

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080201071517/http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]

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Czyze

Category:Hajnówka County

Category:Bilingual communes in Poland