Brańsk [braɲsk] (Podlachian language: Бранськ, Branśk, Belarusian: Бранск, Lithuanian: Branskas) is a town in eastern Poland.

Brańsk is located in the geographical region of Europe known as the Wysoczyzny Podlasko–Białoruskie (English: Podlaskie and Belarus Plateau) and the mesoregion known as the Bielsk Plain (Polish: Równina Bielska).

It is located approximately: The region has a continental climate characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters.

On 18 January 1493, Brańsk received a town charter based on Magdeburg rights from the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Alexander Jagiellon.

[2] In 1795, as a result of the Third Partition of Poland, Brańsk was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia and administered as a part of the newly formed Białystok Department.

Brańsk along with all areas of Poland east of the Bug River was then occupied by the Soviet Union.

[6] Some hiding places in nearby villages were discovered by the Germans, who then murdered captured Jews.

Brańsk is at the intersection of a National Road and a Voivodeship Road: The major streets (Polish: Ulica) in Brańsk are: Regular bus service is provided by Państwowa Komunikacja Samochodowa (State Car Communication, PKS) via PKS Bielsk Podlaskie, PKS Białystok and PKS Siemiatycze The closest passenger train service is provided by Polskie Koleje Państwowe (Polish State Railways, PKP) SA from the following stations: The land-use is as follows:[13]