Metropolitan Białystok is a metropolitan area designated by the Governor of the Regulation No. 52/05 of 16 May 2005 [1] in order to help economically develop the region.
- This is a sub-article to Białystok
Białystok metropolitan area | |
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Urban area | |
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Country | Poland |
Voivodship | Podlaskie |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
In 2006, the metropolitan area population was 450,254 inhabitants.[2] Covering the area of 1.521 km ², it had population density of about 265 people per one km2. Among urban residents were more women - 192 thousand. on 100 men, 108 women on average.
The metropolitan area includes:
- the city of Białystok,
- the villages in Gmina Choroszcz:
- the villages in Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże:
- the villages in Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny:
- the town of Supraśl and the villages in Gmina Supraśl:
- Grabówka, Henrykowo, Karakule and Ogrodniczki
- the town of Wasilków and the villages in Gmina Wasilków:
- Dąbrówki, Katrynka, Jurowce*, Osowicze*, Sochonie*, Studzianki, Nowodworce*, Sielachowskie*, Wólka Poduchowna, Wólka-Przedmieście and Woroszyły,
- the villages in Gmina Zabłudów:
* village added via Regulation No. 2 / 2008 of 28 January 2008 amending the Decree of 29 September 2006 on the designation of Metropolitan Białystok.[3]