Gregorowce

Gregorowce
Village
Gregorowce
Coordinates: 52°39′N 23°15′E / 52.650°N 23.250°E / 52.650; 23.250
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
County Bielsk
Gmina Orla
Population (approx.) 200

Gregorowce [ɡrɛɡɔˈrɔft͡sɛ] (Belarusian: Рыгораўцы, Podlachian: Ryhóruvci) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-west of Orla, 14 km (9 mi) south of Bielsk Podlaski, and 53 km (33 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has an approximate population of 200.

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
  2. ↑ Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141


Coordinates: 52°39′N 23°15′E / 52.650°N 23.250°E / 52.650; 23.250

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.