Siemiatycze County

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Siemiatycze County (powiat siemiatycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Siemiatycze, which lies south of the regional capital Białystok. The only other town in the county is Drohiczyn, lying west of Siemiatycze. The county covers an area of As of 2019 its total population is 44,366, out of which the population of Siemiatycze is 14,418, that of Drohiczyn is 1,970, and the rural population is 27,978.

Siemiatycze County is bordered by Biała Podlaska County and Łosice County to the south, Siedlce County to the south west, Sokołów County to the west, Wysokie Mazowieckie County and Bielsk County to the north, and Hajnówka County to the north east. It also borders Belarus to the east.

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population. GminaTypeArea(km²)Population(2019)SeatSiemiatyczeurban36.314,418 Gmina Drohiczynurban rural208.06,245DrohiczynGmina Siemiatyczerural227.16,078Siemiatycze *Gmina Grodziskrural203.24,181GrodziskGmina Nurzec Stacjarural215.03,831Nurzec StacjaGmina Perlejeworural106.32,793PerlejewoGmina Dziadkowicerural115.72,735DziadkowiceGmina Mielnikrural196.22,352MielnikGmina Milejczycerural151.81,733Milejczyce* seat not part of the gmina