Sniadowo, Podlaskie Voivodeship
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Śniadowo ś is a village in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship
Podlaskie Voivodeship , is a voivodeship in northeastern Poland. It borders on Masovian Voivodeship to the west, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship to the northwest, Lublin Voivodeship to the south, the Belarusssian Voblasts of Grodno and Brest to the east, the Lithuanian Counties of Alytus and...

, in north-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...

 (administrative district) called Gmina Śniadowo
Gmina Sniadowo
Gmina Śniadowo is a rural gmina in Łomża County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Śniadowo, which lies approximately south-west of Łomża and west of the regional capital Białystok....

. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Łomża and 80 km (50 mi) west of the regional capital Białystok.

The village has a population of 1,500. Until late 1980s, it used to be a local railroad junction, located along the Ostrołęka - Lapy
Lapy
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line. In Śniadowo, a 15-kilometer connection to Łomża stemmed. All these lines are now closed.
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