Mikłasze

Mikłasze
Village
Mikłasze
Coordinates: 52°43′22″N 23°19′0″E / 52.72278°N 23.31667°E
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Podlaskie
County Bielsk
Gmina Orla
Population 182

Mikłasze [mʲiˈkwaʂɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Orla, within Bielsk County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-west of Orla, 10 km (6 mi) south-east of Bielsk Podlaski, and 45 km (28 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has a population of 182.

It is in one of five Polish/Belarusian bilingual Gmina in Podlaskie Voivodeship regulated by the Act of 6 January 2005 on National and Ethnic Minorities and on the Regional Languages, which permits certain gminas with significant linguistic minorities to introduce a second, auxiliary language to be used in official contexts alongside Polish.[2]

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Coordinates: 52°43′22″N 23°19′0″E / 52.72278°N 23.31667°E

the village's population has grown from 182, to 212 as of March 2009.