Mońki County
Mońki 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 Mońki, which lies north-west of the regional capital Białystok. The county also contains the towns of Knyszyn, lying south-east of Mońki, and Goniądz, north-west of Mońki.
The county covers an area of. As of 2006 its total population is 42,960, out of which the population of Mońki is 10,455, that of Knyszyn is 2,835, that of Goniądz is 1,910, and the rural population is 27,760.
Mońki County existed also between 1954 - 1975, but it was deleted after reform.Neighbouring counties
Mońki County is bordered by Augustów County to the north, Sokółka County to the east, Białystok County to the south, Łomża County to the west and Grajewo County to the north-west.The county is subdivided into seven gminas. These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
