Gmina Kleszczele is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. Its seat is the town of Kleszczele, which lies approximately south-west of Hajnówka and south of the regional capital Biaà Âystok.
The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its total population is 2,894 (out of which the population of Kleszczele amounts to 1,432, and the population of the rural part of the gmina is 1,462).
Apart from the town of Kleszczele, Gmina Kleszczele contains the villages and settlements of Biaà Âa Straà ¼, Dàbrowa, Dasze, Dobrowoda, Gruzka, Koà Âna, Kuraszewo, Piotrowszczyzna, Pogreby, Policzna, Repczyce, Rowy, Sad, Saki, Suchowolce, Toporki, Zaleszany and à »uki.
Gmina Kleszczele is bordered by the gminas of BoÃÂki, Czeremcha, Dubicze Cerkiewne, Milejczyce and Orla. It also borders Belarus.