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Gmina Rudka

Coordinates: 52°43′42″N 22°43′50″E / 52.72833°N 22.73056°E / 52.72833; 22.73056
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Gmina Rudka
Rudka Commune
Coat of arms of Gmina Rudka
Gmina Rudka is located in Poland
Gmina Rudka
Gmina Rudka
Coordinates (Rudka): 52°43′42″N 22°43′50″E / 52.72833°N 22.73056°E / 52.72833; 22.73056
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyBielsk
SeatRudka
Government
 • MayorAndrzej Anusiewicz
Area
 • Total70.21 km2 (27.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total2,170
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
17-123
Area code+48 085
Car platesBBI
Websitehttp://bip.ug.rudka.wrotapodlasia.pl/

Gmina Rudka [ˈrudka] is a rural gmina (Polish:gmina wiejska) in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located in north-eastern Poland.

Geography

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Gmina Rudka is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie (English: Podlaskie and Belarus Plateau) and the mezoregion known as the Równina Bielska (English: Bielska Plain).

The gmina covers an area of 70.21 square kilometres (27.1 sq mi).

Location

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It is located approximately:

Climate

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The region has a continental climate which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters . The average amount of rainfall during the year exceeds 550 millimetres (21.7 in).

Rivers

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Two rivers pass through the Gmina:

Demographics

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Detailed data as of 31 December 2007:[1]

  Total Women Men
Unit Number % Number % Number %
Population 2,170 100 1,058 48.8 1,112 51.2
Population Density
(persons/km²)
30.9 15.1 15.8

Municipal government

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Gmina Rudka in Bielsk County

Its seat is the village of Rudka.

Executive branch

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The chief executive of the government is the mayor (Polish: wójt).

Legislative branch

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The legislative portion of the government is the Council (Polish: Rada) comprising the President (Polish: Przewodniczący), the Vice-President (Polish: Wiceprzewodniczący) and thirteen councilors.

Villages

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The following villages are contained within the gmina:

Józefin, Karp, Koce Borowe, Niemyje-Jarnąty, Niemyje-Skłody, Niemyje-Ząbki, Nowe Niemyje, Rudka, Stare Niemyje.

Neighbouring political subdivisions

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Gmina Rudka is bordered by the town of Brańsk and by the Gminy of Brańsk, Ciechanowiec, Grodzisk and Klukowo.

Transport

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Roads and highways

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A Voivodeship Road passes through Gmina Rudka:

Local attractions

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  • Ossoliński Palace - eighteenth century baroque architecture. Built in 1763, rebuilt in the years 1913-1914, the so-called 'New palace " of about 1930. Orangery brick from the second half of the eighteenth century, brick and wood buildings and czworaki from the nineteenth and twentieth in, park, 1763;

Nearby attractions

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References

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  1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) Population: Size and Structure by Administrative Division" (in Polish). 2007-12-31. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05.