Metropolitan Białystok

Metropolitan Białystok - 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

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 municipalities adjacent to Białystok are slowly losing their agricultural character, becoming the residential suburban neighborhoods.

The metropolitan area includes:

• the city of Białystok,
• the villages in Gmina Choroszcz:
  • Jeroniki, Klepacze, Krupniki, Łyski, Porosły, Sienkiewicze and Turczyn,
• the villages in Gmina Dobrzyniewo Duże:
  • Bohdan, Borsukówka, Chraboły, Dobrzyniewo Duże, Dobrzyniewo Fabryczne*, Dobrzyniewo Kościelne*, Fasty*, Gniła, Jaworówka, Kozińce, Kulikówka, Krynice, Letniki, Leńce, Nowe Aleksandrowo*, Obrubniki, Ogrodniki*, Pogorzałki, Ponikła, Podleńce, Szaciły and Zalesie
• the villages in Gmina Juchnowiec Kościelny:
  • Bronczany, Izabelin, Kleosin, Księżyno, Kolonia Księżyno, Koplany, Kolonia Koplany, Lewickie, Niewodnica Nargilewska, Solniczki and Stanisławowo
• the city of Supraśl and the villages in Gmina Supraśl:
  • Grabówka, Henrykowo, Karakule and Ogrodniczki
• the city 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:
  • Halickie, Kuriany and Skrybicze

* 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]