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Greater Poland Voivodeship

Województwo wielkopolskie
Voivodeship
Flag of Greater Poland Voivodeship
Flag
 Coat of arms of Greater Poland Voivodeship
Coat of arms
Location within Poland
Location within Poland
Division into counties
Division into counties
Country  Poland
Capital Poznań
Counties
4 cities, 31 land counties
Kalisz
Konin
Leszno
Poznań
Chodzież County
Czarnków-Trzcianka County
Gniezno County
Gostyń County
Grodzisk Wielkopolski County
Jarocin County
Kalisz County
Kępno County
Koło County
Konin County
Kościan County
Krotoszyn County
Leszno County
Międzychód County
Nowy Tomyśl County
Oborniki County
Ostrów Wielkopolski County
Ostrzeszów County
Piła County
Pleszew County
Poznań County
Rawicz County
Słupca County
Szamotuły County
Środa Wielkopolska County
Śrem County
Turek County
Wągrowiec County
Wolsztyn County
Września County
Złotów County
Area
 • Total 29,826 km2 (11,516 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total 3,374,653
 • Density 113.1447/km2 (293.043/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,923,582
 • Rural
1,451,071
Car plates P
Website http://www.en.poznan.uw.gov.pl/
  • further divided into 226 gminas.

Greater Poland Voivodeship is one of the 16 Voivodeships of Poland. It can be found in the western part of Poland. It is mostly in the historical land Greater Poland. The capital of the Voivodeship is Poznań.

It was created on 1 January 1999.

Protected areas

Jezioro Kociołek 2
Lake Kociołek in Greater Poland National Park

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)
  • Greater Poland 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


Images for kids

  • Powstancy Wlkp

    Soldiers during Greater Poland Uprising of 1918–19

  • Ayuntamiento, Poznan, Polonia, 2014-09-18, DD 73-75 HDR

    Poznań is the capital of Greater Poland Voivodeship

  • Leszno,ulica Słowiańska

    Leszno

  • Ostrow Wielkopolski konkatedra 2011-05

    Ostrów Wielkopolski Co-Cathedral

  • Catedral de Gniezno, Gniezno, Polonia, 2014-09-14, DD 28

    Gniezno, with its cathedral, is the seat of the Catholic Primate of Poland.

  • DB$-54

    The Barycz Valley Landscape Park

  • Elektrownia Pątnów

    A modern coal-fired power plant in Pątnów

  • Autostrada A 2

    The A2 motorway traverses the voivodeship.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Voivodato de Gran Polonia para niños

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