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This article describes a current regional administrative subdivision of Poland. If you are looking for information on the general historic region to which it corresponds, please see the article, Greater Poland.
Województwo wielkopolskie
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Flag Coat of arms
Location
Capital city Poznań
Area 29,826 km²
Population (2005)
 - Density 		3,372,417
113.1/km²
Powiats
 - Urban counties
 - Land counties
4
31
Communes 226

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Greater Poland Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodeship of western-central Poland. It was created January 1, 1999, out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno voivodeships pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodeship's name recalls the region's traditional name, Polish: Wielkopolska (help·info).

It is second in area and third in population among Poland's sixteen voivodeships, with 29,826 km² and 3.4 million inhabitants.

Its principal cities are Poznań, Leszno, Kalisz and Gniezno. Most of the historic region (except some southwestern communities) is included in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (administrative province) created in 1999.

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[edit] Major cities and towns

(population 2003)

[edit] Administrative division

[edit] Major corporations

[edit] Most popular surnames in the region

  1. Nowak : 35,011
  2. Kaczmarek : 24,185
  3. Wojciechowski : 12,928

[edit] Further reading

  • Zygmunt Boras, Książęta Piastowscy Wielkopolski (Piast Princes of Wielkopolska), Poznań, Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 1983.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


Counties of Greater Poland Voivodeship

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City counties: Konin • Kalisz • Leszno • Poznań

Land counties: Chodzież • Czarnków-Trzcianka • Gniezno • Gostyń • Grodzisk Wielkopolski • Jarocin • Kalisz • Kępno • Koło • Konin • Kościan • Krotoszyn • Leszno • Międzychód • Nowy Tomyśl • Oborniki • Ostrów Wielkopolski • Ostrzeszów • Piła • Pleszew • Poznań • Rawicz • Słupca • Szamotuły • Środa Wielkopolska • Śrem • Turek • Wągrowiec • Wolsztyn • Września • Złotów


 
Greater Poland 		Image:POL województwo wielkopolskie COA.svg
Historical administrative divisions
Duchy of Greater Poland (12th-13th centuries) • Poznań Voivodeship and Kalisz Voivodeship (until 1768) • Poznań Voivodeship, Kalisz Voivodeship, Gniezno Voivodeship, and Netze District (until 1793) • South Prussia (until 1806) • Poznań Department, Kalisz Department and Bydgoszcz Department (until 1815) • Grand Duchy of Poznań (until 1846) • Province of Posen (until 1918) • Poznań Voivodeship (until 1939) • Reichsgau Posen (1939) • Reichsgau Wartheland (until 1945) • Poznań Voivodeship (until 1975) • Poznań Voivodeship, Kalisz Voivodeship, Leszno Voivodeship, Konin Voivodeship and Piła Voivodeship (until 1998) • Greater Poland Voivodeship


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Voivodeships of Poland

Greater Poland • Kuyavian-Pomeranian • Lesser Poland • Lower Silesian • Lublin • Lubusz • Łódź • Masovian • Opole • Podlachian • Pomeranian • Silesian • Subcarpathian • Świętokrzyskie • Warmian-Masurian • West Pomeranian

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