Greater Poland Voivodeship
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| Greater Poland Voivodeship Województwo wielkopolskie |
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Capital | Poznań | ||
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4 cities, 31 land counties *
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| - Total | 29,826 km² (11,515.9 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 3,374,653 | ||
| - Density | 113.1/km² (293/sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 1,923,582 | ||
| - Rural | 1,451,071 | ||
| Car plates | P | ||
| * further divided into 226 gminas | |||
| Website: http://www.en.poznan.uw.gov.pl/ | |||
- This article is about the present-day regional subdivision of Poland. For information on the general historical region to which it roughly corresponds, see Greater Poland.
Greater Poland Voivodeship (also known as Wielkopolska Province, or by its Polish name of województwo wielkopolskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ vjɛlkɔˈpɔlskjɛ] or simply Wielkopolskie) is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the 1998 Local Government Reorganization Act. The province is named after the region called Greater Poland or Wielkopolska [vjɛlkɔˈpɔlska] (
listen). The modern province includes most of this historic region, except for some south-western parts.
Greater Poland Voivodeship is second in area and third in population among Poland's sixteen voivodeships, with an area of 29,826 square kilometres (11,516 sq mi) and a population of close to 3.4 million. Its capital city is Poznań; other important cities include Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Gniezno (an early capital of Poland). It is bordered by seven other voivodeships: West Pomeranian to the north-west, Pomeranian to the north, Kuyavian-Pomeranian to the north-east, Łódź to the south-east, Opole to the south, Lower Silesian to the south-west and Lubusz to the west.
Greater Poland Voivodeship and the city of Poznań have international twinning arrangements with the English county of Nottinghamshire. [1]
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[edit] Cities and towns
The voivodeship contains 109 cities and towns. These are listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006 [2]):
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1. Poznań (566,546) |
38. Murowana Goślina (10,140) |
75. Nekla (3,203) |
[edit] Administrative division
Greater Poland Voivodeship is divided into 35 counties (powiats): 4 city counties and 31 land counties. These are further divided into 226 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
[edit] Protected areas
Protected areas in Greater Poland Voivodeship include two National Parks and 12 Landscape Parks. These are listed below.
- Drawno National Park (partly in Lubusz and West Pomeranian Voivodeships)
- Wielkopolska National Park
- Barycz Valley Landscape Park (partly in Lower Silesian Voivodeship)
- Chłapowski Landscape Park
- Lednica Landscape Park
- Powidz Landscape Park
- Promno Landscape Park
- Przemęt Landscape Park (partly in Lubusz Voivodeship)
- Pszczew Landscape Park (partly in Lubusz Voivodeship)
- Puszcza Zielonka Landscape Park
- Rogalin Landscape Park
- Sieraków Landscape Park
- Warta Landscape Park
- Żerków-Czeszewo Landscape Park
[edit] Most popular surnames in the region
- Nowak: 35,011
- Kaczmarek: 24,185
- Wojciechowski: 12,928
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- Zygmunt Boras, Książęta Piastowscy Wielkopolski (Piast Princes of Wielkopolska), Poznań, Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 1983.
[edit] External links
- Voivodeship Office in Poznan
- Greater Poland Local Government Office
- ChefMoz Dining Guide Greater Poland
- Open Directory Project Greater Poland
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