Gmina Rudka
# Gmina Rudka

Gmina Rudka is a rural gmina (Polish:gmina wiejska) in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located in north-eastern Poland.

## Geography

Gmina Rudka is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko – Bialoruskie (English: Podlaskie and Belarus Plateau) and the mezoregion known as the Równina Bielska (English: Bielska Plain).

The gmina covers an area of 70.21 square kilometres (27.1 sq mi).

### Location

It is located approximately:

* 132 kilometres (82.0 mi) north-east of Warsaw, the capital of Poland
* 53 kilometres (32.9 mi) south-west of Białystok, the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship
* 32 kilometres (19.9 mi) west of Bielsk Podlaski, the seat of Bielsk County

### Climate

The region has a continental climate which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters . The average amount of rainfall during the year exceeds 550 millimetres (21.7 in).

### Rivers

Two rivers pass through the Gmina:

* The Nurzec River, a tributary of the Bug River
* The Siennica River, a tributary of the Nurzec River

## Demographics

Detailed data as of 31 December 2007:

| | Total | Total | Women | Women | Men | Men |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Unit | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Population | 2,170 | 100 | 1,058 | 48.8 | 1,112 | 51.2 |
| Population Density (persons/km²) | 30.9 | 30.9 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 15.8 |

## Municipal government

Its seat is the village of Rudka.

### Executive branch

The chief executive of the government is the mayor (Polish: wójt).

### Legislative branch

The legislative portion of the government is the Council (Polish: Rada) comprising the President (Polish: Przewodniczący), the Vice-President (Polish: Wiceprzewodniczący) and thirteen councilors.

### Villages

The following villages are contained within the gmina:

Józefin, Karp, Koce Borowe, Niemyje-Jarnąty, Niemyje-Skłody, Niemyje-Ząbki, Nowe Niemyje, Rudka, Stare Niemyje.

### Neighbouring political subdivisions

Gmina Rudka is bordered by the town of Brańsk and by the Gminy of Brańsk, Ciechanowiec, Grodzisk and Klukowo.

## Transport

### Roads and highways

A Voivodeship Road passes through Gmina Rudka:

* Voivodeship Road 681 DW 681 - Roszki-Wodźki - Łapy - Brańsk - Rudka - Ciechanowiec

## Local attractions

* Ossoliński Palace - eighteenth century baroque architecture. Built in 1763, rebuilt in the years 1913-1914, the so-called 'New palace " of about 1930. Orangery brick from the second half of the eighteenth century, brick and wood buildings and czworaki from the nineteenth and twentieth in, park, 1763;
* The Ossoliński Palace in Rudka
* The Ossoliński Palace in Rudka

## Nearby attractions

* Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Pojedniania w Hodyszewie (Our Lady of Hodyszewo Sanctuary) in Hodyzewo - 18 kilometres (11.2 mi) northeast
