Mielnik

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Mielnik
Village
Bug River in Mielnik
Coat of arms
Mielnik
Coordinates: 52°20′N 23°3′E / 52.333°N 23.050°E / 52.333; 23.050
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Podlaskie
County	Siemiatycze
Gmina	Mielnik
Population
• Total	980
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BSI

Mielnik [ˈmʲɛlɲik] is a village in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in eastern Poland,^[1] close to the border with Belarus. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Mielnik. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Siemiatycze and 88 km (55 mi) south of the regional capital Białystok.

There is an open pit chalk mine in Mielnik.