Suwałki (rural municipality)
| Gmina Suwałki | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Podlaskie | ||
| Powiat : | Suwalski | ||
| Geographic location : | 54 ° 6 ′ N , 22 ° 56 ′ E | ||
| Residents : | see Gmina | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 87 | ||
| License plate : | BSU | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Next international airport : | Warsaw | ||
| Gmina | |||
| Gminatype: | Rural community | ||
| Gmina structure: | 48 school authorities | ||
| Surface: | 264.82 km² | ||
| Residents: | 7706 (June 30, 2019) |
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| Population density : | 29 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Community number ( GUS ): | 2012072 | ||
| administration | |||
| Wójt : | Tadeusz Chołko | ||
| Address: | ul. Reymonta 23 16-400 Suwałki |
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| Website : | www.gmina.suwalki.pl | ||
The Gmina wiejska Suwałki is a rural municipality in the Polish Podlaskie Voivodeship and Powiat Suwalski . The seat of the rural community is the independent city of Suwałki , which does not belong to the powiat or the municipality. The Gmina has an area of 264.8 km² and 7706 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).
geography
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The rural municipality borders on the municipalities and localities Bakałarzewo , Filipów , Jeleniewo , Krasnopol , Nowinka , Przerośl , Raczki , Szypliszki and the city of Suwałki, the territory of which it almost completely encloses. 28% of the municipality is forest.
The so-called “ Suwalki gap ”, the 100-kilometer-long border section between Poland and Lithuania named after the municipality, is of strategic military importance for NATO : “If this corridor is closed, the Baltic states will turn into an island.”
history
Until 1795 the city of Suwałki and the surrounding area belonged to the Grand Duchy of Poland-Lithuania . During the Third Partition of Poland , Prussia came into being , was united with the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 and, together with “ Congress Poland ”, came to the Russian Empire in 1815 .
In 1919 the territory became part of the Second Polish Republic . In 1939 it was occupied during World War II and until 1944 it belonged to East Prussia as part of the Sudauen administrative district .
Community structure
The following localities, which form 48 school district offices ( sołectwo ), belong to the municipality :
Biała Woda, Białe, Bobrowisko, Bród Mały, Bród Nowy, Bród Stary, Burdeniszki, Cimochowizna, Czarnakowizna, Czerwony Folwark, Dubowo Drugie, Dubowo Pierwsze, Gawrych Ruda, Korkliny, Kropiwukówe, Kropiwukówe Now, Kropiwukówe, Folwark, Leszczewek, Lipniak, Magdalenowo, Mała Huta, Niemcowizna, Nowa Wieś, Okuniowiec, Osinki, Osowa, Piertanie, Płociczno (Płociczno-Osiedle and Płociczno-Tartak), Podduboowek, Tacobolodart, Stary Foliewart, Przebrówek Trzciane, Turówka Nowa, Turówka Stara, Wasilczyki, Wiatrołuża Pierwsza, Wychodne, Zielone Drugie, Zielone Kamedulskie, Zielone Królewskie and Żyliny.
Other settlements are:
Gielniewo, Huta, Leszczewo, Słupie, Wasilczyki-Gajówka and Wigry .
Partnerships
The rural community has partnered with:
- the Marijampolė district in Lithuania
- the Zujūnai Office of the Vilnius Rajong Municipality in Lithuania
- the municipality of Sapotskin (Сапоцкін) in Hrodsenskaja Woblasz (Grodno) in Belarus .
Nature and culture
Part of the Wigierski National Park with the Wigrysee lies on the territory of the rural community . The former Camaldolese monastery in Wigry has been leased to the Polish state since 1973, which renovated it and expanded it into a cultural center with exhibitions of modern art, concerts and workshops.
Web links
- Rural Municipality Website (Polish)
- Homepage of the national park (Polish, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Lieutenant General Riho Terras , Chief of the Estonian Armed Forces, NATO: Longing for deterrence . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 16, 2016