Wysokie Mazowieckie County
Wysokie Mazowieckie County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Wysokie Mazowieckie, which lies south-west of the regional capital Białystok. The only other towns in the county are Ciechanowiec, lying south of Wysokie, Szepietowo, south of Wysokie, and as from 1 January 2011 Czyżew.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population was 59,719, out of which the population of Wysokie Mazowieckie was 9,257, that of Ciechanowiec 4,898, and the rural population 45,564.Neighbouring counties
Wysokie Mazowieckie County is bordered by Białystok County and Bielsk County to the east, Siemiatycze County and Sokołów County to the south, and Ostrów Mazowiecka County and Zambrów County to the west.The county is subdivided into 10 gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.Gallery
