Janów [ˈjanuf] is a village in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Janów.
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Gmina Janów is a rural gmina in Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Janów, which lies approximately 21 kilometres west of Sokółka and 39 km north of the regional capital Białystok.
The gmina covers an area of 207.84 square kilometres, and as of 2006 its total population is 4,427.
The gmina contains part of the protected area called Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park.
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Chorążycha [xɔrɔ̃ˈʐɨxa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janów, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
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Janów Sokólski was a stetl in Gmina Sokółka, Sokółka County, Poland, destroyed during German invasion of Poland. Currently only a Jewish cemetery exists. The cemetery and the surrounding agricultural land are the property of gmina
The earliest known Jewish community in Janova is dated by 1720. The town was known for its wooden synagogue.
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Nowy Janów [ˈnɔvɨ ˈjanuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janów, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
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Trofimówka [trɔfiˈmufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Janów, within Sokółka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
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