Mikłasze

Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
52°43′22″N 23°19′0″E / 52.72278°N 23.31667°E / 52.72278; 23.31667Country PolandVoivodeshipPodlaskieCountyBielskGminaOrlaPopulation
182

Mikłasze [mʲiˈkwaʂɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-west of Orla, 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 45 km (28 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

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

the village's population has grown from 182, to 212 as of March 2009.


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