{{Infobox settlement | name = Gmina Orla | other_name = Orla Commune | settlement_type = Gmina | total_type = Total | image_flag = POL gmina Orla flag.png | image_shield = POL Gmina Orla COA.svg | image_map = | pushpin_map = Poland Podlaskie Voivodeship#Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Podlaskie | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Bielsk | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Piotr Selwesiuk | area_total_km2 = 159.68 | population_total = 3256| population_as_of = 2007 | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = CET | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = CEST | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coor_pinpoint = Orla | coordinates = {{coord|52|42|26|N|23|19|48|E|region:PL|display=inline,title}} | seat = Orla | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 17-106 | area_code = +48 085 | blank_name = Car plates | blank_info = BBI | website = http://www.orla.pl }} __NOTOC__ '''Gmina Orla''' {{IPAc-pl|'|o|r|l|a}} ({{langx|be|Гміна Орля}}) is a rural gmina ({{langx|pl|gmina wiejska}}) in Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is located in north-eastern Poland.
It is 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.<ref>Dz. U. z 2005 r. Nr 17, poz. 141</ref>
==Geography== Gmina Orla is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the ''Wysoczyzny Podlasko–Białoruskie'' (English: Podlaskie and Belarus Plateau) and the mezoregion known as the ''Równina Bielska'' (English: Bielska Plain).
The Orlanka River, a tributary of the Narew River, passes through Gmina Orla.
The Gmina covers an area of {{convert|159.68|km2|sqmi|1}}.
===Location=== It is located approximately: * {{convert|165|km|mi|1}} northeast of Warsaw, the capital of Poland * {{convert|47|km|mi|1}} south of Białystok, the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship * {{convert|11|km|mi|1}} southeast 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 {{convert|550|mm|in|1}}.
==Demographics== Detailed data as of 31 December 2007:<ref name="2007PolandPop">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm |title=Central Statistical Office (GUS) ''Population: Size and Structure by Administrative Division'' |date=2007-12-31 |language=Polish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201071517/http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm |archivedate=2008-02-01 }}</ref> {|class="wikitable" ! ||colspan=2| Total ||colspan=2| Women ||colspan=2| Men |- |Unit || Number || % || Number || % || Number || % |- |Population || '''3,256''' || 100 || 1,700 || 52.2 || 1,556 || 47.8 |- |Population Density<br>(persons/km<sup>2</sup>) ||colspan=2| 20.4 ||colspan=2| 10.6 ||colspan=2| 9.7 |}
==Municipal government== [[Image:Bielsk County-Orla(Gmina).png|thumb|200px|Gmina Orla in Bielsk County]] Its seat is the village of Orla.
===Executive branch=== The chief executive of the government is the Mayor (Polish: ''Wójt'').
===Legislative branch=== The legislative portion of the government is the City 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:
Czechy Zabłotne, Dydule, Gredele, Gregorowce, Koszele, Koszki, Krywiatycze, Malinniki, Malinniki-Kolonia, Mikłasze, Antonowo-Kolonia, Moskiewce, Oleksze, Orla, Paszkowszczyzna, Pawlinowo, Reduty, Spiczki, Szczyty-Dzięciołowo, Szczyty-Nowodwory, Szernie, Topczykały, Wólka, Wólka Wygonowska
===Neighbouring political subdivisions=== Gmina Orla is bordered by the gminas of Bielsk Podlaski, Boćki, Czyże, Dubicze Cerkiewne and Kleszczele
== References == {{reflist}} <br> {{Gmina Orla}} {{Bielsk County}}
Orla Category:Bielsk County Category:Bilingual communes in Poland