Nekla
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship : | Greater Poland | ||
| Powiat : | Wrzesiński | ||
| Gmina : | Nekla | ||
| Area : | 9.79 km² | ||
| Geographic location : | 52 ° 14 ' N , 17 ° 5' E | ||
| Residents : | 3791 (June 30, 2019) | ||
| Postal code : | 62-330 | ||
| Telephone code : | (+48) 61 | ||
| License plate : | PWR | ||
| Economy and Transport | |||
| Rail route : | Warsaw – Poznan | ||
| administration | |||
| Mayor : | Karol Balicki | ||
| Address: | ul. Dworcowa 10 62-330 Nekla |
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| Website : | www.nekla.pl | ||
Nekla ( German Nekla ) is a city in the powiat Wrzesiński of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in Poland . It has about 3800 inhabitants and is the seat of the town-and-country municipality of the same name with 7558 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2019).
geography
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The city is located in the eastern part of the voivodeship. The voivodeship capital Poznan is about 45 kilometers to the west, Gniezno (Gnesen) about 15 kilometers to the north, and the district town of Września (Wreschen) ten kilometers to the east. Neighboring towns are Barczyzna in the northeast, Gierłatowo in the southeast, Kokoszki in the south, Stroszki in the southwest, Starczanowo in the west and Nekielka in the northwest. Without exception, they are places of the community.
In the north of the city there is an extensive forest area. 64 percent of the municipal area is used for agriculture and 31 percent for forestry. The 55 km long Moskawa, a tributary of the Warta , flows through the city.
history
Interrupted by the German occupation in the Second World War from 1919 to 1975, today's municipal area belonged to the Poznan Voivodeship, with different layouts. - The German minority was expelled after the World War .
local community
The town itself and 16 villages with school authorities (sołectwa) belong to the town-and-country community (gmina miejsko-wiejska) Nekla . It covers an area of 96.2 km².
traffic
The national road DK92 from Poznan in the east runs through Nekla. It continues through the district town of Września, Słupca (Slupca) , Konin , Kutno to Warsaw in the east. The A2 motorway runs roughly parallel through the south of the municipality. It connects Berlin with the Polish capital.
Nekla has a train station on the Warsaw – Poznan – Berlin line .
The nearest international airport is Poznań-Ławica .
Web links
- City and municipality website (Polish)
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c regioset.pl: data on the municipality (Polish, accessed on May 31, 2020)