Gmina Sokółka

Gmina Sokółka Sokółka Commune
Gmina
Town Hall in Sokółka, seat of the gmina office
Coat of arms
Gmina Sokółka within the Sokółka County
Coordinates (Sokółka): 53°24′N 23°30′E / 53.400°N 23.500°E / 53.400; 23.500
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Sokółka
Seat	Sokółka
Area
• Total	313.62 km2 (121.09 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	26,406
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
• Urban	18,888
• Rural	7,518
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BSK
Website	http://www.sokolka.pl

Gmina Sokółka is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Sokółka, which lies approximately 39 kilometres (24 mi) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 313.62 square kilometres (121.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 26,406 (out of which the population of Sokółka amounts to 18,888, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 7,518).

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

Apart from the town of Sokółka, Gmina Sokółka contains the villages and settlements of:

Gmina Sokółka is bordered by the gminas of Czarna Białostocka, Janów, Kuźnica, Sidra, Supraśl and Szudziałowo. It also borders Belarus.

• Polish official population figures 2006
• Agata Lewandowski, Łosośna - the Unknown Valley. Not the Last Arrival for…Puciłki, „Znad Wilii”, nr 3(79) z 2019 r., p. 58-64, (in Polish)http://www.znadwiliiwilno.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Znad-Wilii-3-79m-1.pdf