Gmina Puńsk
Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gmina Puńsk (Lithuanian: Punsko valsčius) is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Sejny County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the Lithuanian border. Its seat is the village of Puńsk, which lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Sejny and 126 km (78 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok. The current mayor of Gmina Puńsk is Witold Liszkowski (Vytautas Liškauskas).
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Gmina Puńsk
Punsko valsčius Puńsk Commune | |
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Coordinates (Puńsk): 54°15′N 23°11′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Podlaskie |
County | Sejny |
Seat | Puńsk |
Government | |
• Mayor | Witold Liszkowski |
Area | |
• Total | 138.37 km2 (53.42 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 4,184 |
• Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
Website | http://www.punsk.com.pl |
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The gmina covers an area of 138.37 square kilometres (53.4 sq mi), and as of 2016 its total population was 4,184.[1] It is a bilingual district, with about 73.4% of the population belonging to the Lithuanian minority in Poland (the 2011 Census).[2]