The Podlaskie Voivodship or Podlasian Province is located in north eastern Poland. The province covers an area of 20,200 sq km which constitutes 6.4% of the total area of Poland, making it the 6th largest voivodship in the country. It is divided into 17 Powiats (districts) including three town urban Powiats: Biaůystok, Ůomýa and Suwaůki. These are further divided into 118 gminas (13 urban, 23 urban-rural and 82 rural).
The population of the region is 1.220 million people, which constitutes around 3.2% of the total population of Poland. The population density is 60 persons per km and 59% of the population is of working age. There are 36 towns and nearly 4,000 villages within the region.
Name & Link | Population |
Augustów | 30,054 |
Białystok | 295,210 |
Bielsk Podlaski | 26,876 |
Brańsk | 3,794 |
Choroszcz | 5,416 |
Ciechanowiec | 4,898 |
Czarna Białostocka | 9,596 |
Dąbrowa Białostocka | 6,147 |
Drohiczyn | 2,086 |
Goniądz | 1,910 |
Grajewo | 22,651 |
Hajnówka | 22,072 |
Jedwabne | 1,901 |
Name & Link | Population |
Kleszczele | 1,432 |
Knyszyn | 2,835 |
Kolno | 10,751 |
Krynki | 2,709 |
Łapy | 16,583 |
Lipsk | 2,498 |
Łomża | 63,572 |
Michałowo | 3,343 |
Mońki | 10,455 |
Nowogród | 2,014 |
Rajgród | 1,673 |
Sejny | 5,934 |
Siemiatycze | 15,169 |
Name & Link | Population |
Sokółka | 18,888 |
Stawiski | 2,442 |
Suchowola | 2,243 |
Supraśl | 4,578 |
Suraż | 982 |
Suwałki | 69,234 |
Szczuczyn | 3,564 |
Tykocin | 1,893 |
Wasilków | 8,967 |
Wysokie Mazowieckie | 9,257 |
Zabłudów | 2,400 |
Zambrów | 22,700 |
The Podlaskie region has every type of accommodation available from simple rooms to the grand hotels and everything in between.
Accommodation
One of the delights of travelling is to sample the food of the part of the world you are visiting. Podlaskie will not be a disappointment to your palette.
Regional Food Podlaskie