Greater Poland Voivodeship

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Coat of arms of Greater Poland
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Basic data
Capital : Poses
Voivode : Piotr Florek
Voivodeship Marshal : Marek Woźniak
Biggest town: Poses
ISO 3166-2 : PL-30
Residents : 3,467,016 (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density : 116 inhabitants per km²
geography
Area : 29,826 km²
- of which country: ? km²
- of which water: ? km²
Expansion: North-South: up to 230 km
West-East: up to 220 km
The highest point: 284  m ( Kobyla Góra )
Deepest point: 21  m
Landscape structure
Forests: 25.7%
Waters: ? %
Agriculture: 60.1%
Other: ? %
Administrative division
Independent cities : 4th
Counties : 31
- Municipalities : 226
- Cities : 108
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The Greater Poland Voivodeship ( Polish województwo wielkopolskie ) with the capital Poznań (Posen) is one of the 16  voivodeships of the Republic of Poland . It emerged in the 1999 territorial reform from the Poznan , Kalisz , Konin , Piła and Leszno voivodeships . With almost 30,000 km², it is the second largest province in the country after the Masovian Voivodeship and one of the most populous with more than 3.3 million inhabitants.

Greater Poland , together with the ancient royal cities of Poznan and Gniezno, is seen as the nucleus of Poland. The most important river is the Warta . The area of ​​the Greater Poland Voivodeship largely corresponds to that of the former Prussian Province of Posen . However, the historical Wielkopolska covered a much larger area.

coat of arms

Description : In red, a gold -rimmed and gold-armored silver eagle with a golden clover stem and a gold-bound tail.

Administrative division

The Greater Poland Voivodeship is subdivided into 31 districts, with Posen, Kalisz, Konin and Leszno remaining independent. They themselves do not belong to the districts named after them.

One district cities

  1. Poznan (Posen) (535802)
  2. Kalisz (Kalisch) (100,482)
  3. Konin (Konin / Warthe) (73,742)
  4. Leszno (Lissa) (63,774)

Counties

  1. Chodzież (Colmar, Kolmar) (47.168)
  2. Czarnków (Czarnikau) (87,231)
  3. Gniezno (Gniezno) (145.198)
  4. Gostyń (Gostyn) (75,917)
  5. Grodzisk Wielkopolski (Grätz) (51,988)
  6. Jarocin (Jarotschin) (71,595)
  7. Kalisz (Kalisch) (83.008)
  8. Kępno (Kempen) (56,494)
  9. Koło (1941–1945 Warthbrücken ) (86,925)
  10. Konin (Konin / Warthe) (130.026)
  11. Kościan (costs) (79,171)
  2. Krotoszyn (Krotoschin) (77,304)
  3. Leszno (Lissa) (56,799)
  4. Międzychód (pear tree) (36,883)
  5. Novy Tomyśl (Neutomischel) (75,457)
  6. Oborniki (Obornik) (59,819)
  7. Ostrów Wielkopolski (Ostrowo) (161,526)
  8. Ostrzeszów (Schildberg) (55,404)
  9. Piła (cutting mill) (136.261)
  10. Pleszew (Pleschen) (63,121)
  11. Poznan (Posen) (394541)
  2. Rawicz (Rawitsch) (60,344)
  3. Słupca (59,246)
  4. Szamotuły (Samter) (91,303)
  5. Środa (Schroda) (58,664)
  6. Śrem (Schrimm) (61,303)
  7. Turek (Turek) (83,998)
  8. Wągrowiec (Wongrowitz) (70,301)
  9. Wolsztyn (Wollstein) (57,350)
  10. Września (Wreschen) (77,820)
  11. Złotów (Flatow) (69,505)

(Population as of June 30, 2019)

geography

Biggest cities

The only major cities in the Greater Poland Voivodeship are the provincial capital Poznan and Poland's oldest city, Kalisz.

city German name Residents
June 30, 2019
POL Poznań COA.svg Poznań Poses 535.802
POL Kalisz COA 1.svg Kalisz Kalisch 100,482
POL Konin COA.svg Konin Konin 73,742
POL Piła COA 1.svg Piła Schneidemühl 73.176
POL Ostrów Wielkopolski COA.svg Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrowo 71,947
POL Gniezno COA.svg Gniezno Gniezno 68,323
POL Leszno COA.svg Leszno Lissa 63,774
POL Luboń COA.svg Luboń Luban 31,891
POL Swarzędz COA.svg Swarzędz Severity 30,343
POL Września COA.svg Września Wreschen 30,688
POL Śrem COA.svg Śrem Schrimm 29,566
Krotoszyn herb.svg Krotoszyn Krotoschin 28,845
POL Turek COA.svg Turek Turek 26,955
POL Jarocin COA.svg Jarocin Jarotschin 26,155
POL Wągrowiec COA 1.svg Wągrowiec Wongrowitz 25,675
POL Kościan COA.svg Kościan costs 23,880
POL Środa Wielkopolska COA.svg Środa Wielkopolska Schroda 23,368
POL Koło COA.svg Koło Kolo 21,838
POL Rawicz COA.svg Rawicz Rawitsch 20,225
POL Gostyń COA.svg Gostyń Gostyn 20,235

Rivers

mountains

The highest elevation of Wielkopolskie Poland is the north-west of Kepno at Parzynów lying kobyla góra ( 284  m ).

economy

Compared with the GDP of the EU expressed in purchasing power standards , the province reached 2,015 an index of 75 (EU-27 = 100). The unemployment rate in 2005 was 17.2 percent. By December 2009 it had dropped to 9.1 percent. Only the Masovian Voivodeship has a lower unemployment rate with 9.0 percent.

With a value of 0.862, Wielkopolska ranks 4th among the 16 Voivodeships of Poland in the Human Development Index .

partnership

A partnership between the Wielkopolska Voivodeship and the German state of Hesse has existed since December 7, 2000 . Another partnership exists with Lower Saxony .

Web links

Wikivoyage: Greater Poland  Travel Guide

Footnotes

  1. ^ Główny Urząd Statystyczny, Ludność. Stan i Struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2013 r. Stan w dniu 31 XII stat.gov.pl ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stat.gov.pl
  2. ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Główny Urząd Statystyczny: Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2011. Warsaw, March 2012. Online ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stat.gov.pl
  3. ↑ population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Eurostat. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ http://www.eds-destatis.de/en/downloads/sif/dn_06_01.pdf ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Central Statistical Office of Poland (CIS), Bezrobotni oraz stopa bezrobocia wg województw, grudzień 2009 , February 3, 2010 ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gus.pl
  7. ^ Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved August 12, 2018 .
  8. ^ Hessian partner region Wielkopolska , Hessian State Chancellery, accessed on May 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Cooperation between the state of Lower Saxony and Poland ( memento of the original dated February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , niedersachsen.de, accessed on May 13, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.niedersachsen.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 20 '  N , 17 ° 15'  E