Mońki

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Mońki

(Flag)	(Coat of arms)

Basic Information
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlachia
Powiat (County)	Rada Miasta i Gminy Mońki
Gmina (Commune)	Mońki
Urban Information
Population	10 848 (2006)
Founded	16th century
City rights	1965
Latitude Longitude	53° 24'N 22° 48'E
Gmina Mońki
Type of commune	urban-village commune (gmina miejsko-wiejska)
Area	7,66 km²
Density	1416,2/km²
Area code	+48 85
Postal code	19-100
Car plates	BMN
Economy and Traffic
Railway	Olsztyn – Ełk – Białystok - Czeremcha – Siedlce
Administration
Mayor	Zbigniew Karwowski
Municipal Address	ul. Słowackiego 5a 19-100 Mońki
Municipal Website

Mońki is a town in northeastern Poland and, as of 1999, is situated in the Podlasie Voivodeship. From 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Białystok Voivodeship. It is the capital of Mońki County.

Mońki is a very young town - actually, it arised at the beginning of 20th century. It owes its existence to the railway station between Białystok (the capital of Podlasie Voivodeship) and Ełk. Mońki got the city rights (pl. prawa miejskie) in 1965. Then, the town was resided by about 3 thousand people. Now in the town there live 11 thousand inhabitians. Lots of them went abroad to earn money for their families (especially to USA and Belgium - Mońki is famous in Poland for it).

Mońki - that's a very quiet and peaceful town. Everyone knows everyone and the people are very friendly. Near Mońki there are one of the greatests swamps in Europe - The Biebrza River Swamps and in 1993 the government awarded The Biebrza National Park to preserve the unique nature. It is a great prop for rare birds like battalion, which is a symbol of BNP. It's really worth to come there!

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The railway station from 1930s	The dairy	Niepodległości Street in Mońki	The parish church
Przytulanka village near Mońki	Biebrza swamps in BNP	Biebrza swamps in BNP	Great white egret - one of the Biebrza swamps' inhabitiants