Gmina Filipów

Gmina Filipów Filipów Commune
Gmina
Coat of arms
Gmina Filipów within the Suwałki County
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Suwałki County
Seat	Filipów
Area
• Total	150.35 km2 (58.05 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	4,478
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Website	http://www.filipow.pl/

Gmina Filipów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Filipów, which lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Suwałki and 124 km (77 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.

The gmina covers an area of 150.35 square kilometres (58.1 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 4,478.

Neighbouring gminas

Gmina Filipów is bordered by the gminas of Bakałarzewo, Dubeninki, Gołdap, Kowale Oleckie, Olecko, Przerośl and Suwałki.

Villages

The gmina contains the following villages having the status of sołectwo: Agrafinówka, Bartnia Góra, Bitkowo, Czarne, Czostków, Filipów (divided into four sołectwos: Filipów Pierwszy, Filipów Drugi, Filipów Trzeci and Filipów Czwarty), Garbas (divided into two sołectwos: Garbas Pierwszy and Garbas Drugi), Huta, Jemieliste, Mieruniszki, Nowa Dębszczyzna, Olszanka, Piecki, Rospuda, Smolenka, Stara Dębszczyzna, Stare Motule, Supienie, Szafranki, Tabałówka, Wólka and Zusno.

References

• Polish official population figures 2006