Nowe Skalmierzyce
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Nowe Skalmierzyce ' is a town and its surrounding municipality in Ostrów Wielkopolski County
, Greater Poland Voivodeship
, in west-central Poland
. The town has a population of 5,093 (2006 est.), while the municipality, Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce
, which is a mixed urban-rural gmina
that includes the town, has a population of 15,191. The town has a land area of only 1.58 km², which results in a population density
of 3,223.4 persons/km², the seventh highest density of all towns in Poland, and the second highest density (after Swarzędz
) of the urban portion of any Polish urban-rural gmina (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The gmina has a land area of 125.42 km².
Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce") adjoins the urbanized village of Skalmierzyce
, which is in fact the administrative seat of the gmina. Nowe Skalmierzyce originally developed as a customs post on the border between Prussia
and Russian-controlled Congress Poland
in the 19th century.
Ostrów Wielkopolski County
Ostrów Wielkopolski County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Ostrów...
, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...
, in west-central Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. The town has a population of 5,093 (2006 est.), while the municipality, Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce
Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce
Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce is an urban-rural gmina in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. In 1999 the administrative seat of the gmina was moved from the town of Nowe Skalmierzyce to the adjoining locality of Skalmierzyce, which is officially classed as a...
, which is a mixed urban-rural gmina
Gmina
The gmina is the principal unit of administrative division of Poland at its lowest uniform level. It is often translated as "commune" or "municipality." As of 2010 there were 2,479 gminas throughout the country...
that includes the town, has a population of 15,191. The town has a land area of only 1.58 km², which results in a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 3,223.4 persons/km², the seventh highest density of all towns in Poland, and the second highest density (after Swarzędz
Swarzedz
Swarzędz is a town in central Poland of 29,766 inhabitants and a mixed urban-rural commune of 40,166 inhabitants...
) of the urban portion of any Polish urban-rural gmina (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The gmina has a land area of 125.42 km².
Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce") adjoins the urbanized village of Skalmierzyce
Skalmierzyce, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Skalmierzyce is an urbanized village in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Ostrów Wielkopolski and south-east of the regional capital Poznań. It adjoins the town of Nowe Skalmierzyce.Skalmierzyce has a population of...
, which is in fact the administrative seat of the gmina. Nowe Skalmierzyce originally developed as a customs post on the border between Prussia
Prussia
Prussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
and Russian-controlled Congress Poland
Congress Poland
The Kingdom of Poland , informally known as Congress Poland , created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, was a personal union of the Russian parcel of Poland with the Russian Empire...
in the 19th century.