Powidz Landscape Park
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Powidz Landscape Park is a protected area
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...

 (Landscape Park
Landscape Park (Poland)
A Landscape Park is the name given in Poland to a type of protected area, of lower status than a National Park and with less stringent restrictions on development and economic use....

) 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...

, established in 1998, covering an area of 246 square kilometres (95 sq mi).

The Park lies within 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 Słupca County (Gmina Słupca). It takes its name from the village of Powidz
Powidz, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Powidz is a village in Słupca County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Powidz. It lies approximately north of Słupca and east of the regional capital Poznań. The village has a population of 1,000.Powidz gives its name to the protected...

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