Editing Białystok (section)

==Metropolitan Białystok==
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Metropolitan Białystok was designated by the Voivodeship of the Regulation No. 52/05 of 16 May 2005 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bialystok.uw.gov.pl/dzienniki/dzienniki/684.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004123108/http://www.bialystok.uw.gov.pl/dzienniki/dzienniki/684.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=live |title=Rozporządzenie Nr 52/05 Wojewody Podlaskiego z dnia 16 maja 2005 r. w sprawie wyznaczenia aglomeracji Białystok (Dz. Urz. Woj. Podl. Nr 130, poz. 1547) |access-date=2011-03-25 |language=pl}}</ref> to help develop the region economically. In 2006, the metropolitan area population was 450,254 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bialystok.uw.gov.pl/dzienniki/dzienniki/1217.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004123232/http://www.bialystok.uw.gov.pl/dzienniki/dzienniki/1217.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-04 |url-status=live |title=Rozporządzenie Nr 5/06 Wojewody Podlaskiego z dnia 29 września 2006 r. w sprawie wyznaczenia aglomeracji Białystok (Dz. Urz. Woj. Podl. Nr 244, poz. 2383) |access-date=2011-03-25 |language=pl}}</ref> The municipalities adjacent to Białystok are slowly losing their agricultural character, becoming residential suburban neighborhoods with single-family housing and small businesses.<ref name=CSO>{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/yearbooks_ENG_HTML.htm |title=Population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division, as of 30 June 2010 |access-date=2011-08-01 |publisher=Central Statistical Office, Warsaw |year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717150609/http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/yearbooks_ENG_HTML.htm |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url-status=dead |language=pl }}</ref>