title: Gmina Bakałarzewo
text: # Gmina Bakałarzewo
  
  Gmina Bakałarzewo is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Suwałki County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Bakałarzewo, which lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Suwałki and 114 km (71 mi) north of the regional capital Białystok.
  
  The gmina covers an area of 123.01 square kilometres (47.5 sq mi), and as of 2006 its total population is 3,053.
  
  ## Villages
  
  Gmina Bakałarzewo contains the villages and settlements of Aleksandrowo, Bakałarzewo, Gębalówka, Góra, Kamionka Poprzeczna, Karasiewo, Klonowa Góra, Konopki, Kotowina, Malinówka, Maryna, Matłak, Nieszki, Nowa Kamionka, Nowa Wieś, Nowy Dwór, Nowy Skazdub, Orłowo, Płociczno, Podgórze, Podrabalina, Podwólczanka, Sadłowina, Słupie, Sokołowo, Stara Chmielówka, Stara Kamionka, Stary Skazdub, Suchorzec, Wólka, Wólka-Folwark, Zajączkowo, Zajączkowo-Folwark and Zdręby.
  
  ## Neighbouring gminas
  
  Gmina Bakałarzewo is bordered by the gminas of Filipów, Olecko, Raczki, Suwałki and Wieliczki.
  
  ## Sister cities
  
  * Attert (Belgium) since 2005
  