title: Gmina Rudka
text: # 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
  