Sulmierzyce ([sulmʲɛˈʐɨt͡sɛ]) is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Sulmierzyce | |
|---|---|
 Town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Sulmierzyce | |
| Coordinates: 51°36′N 17°32′E / 51.600°N 17.533°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Krotoszyn |
| Gmina | Sulmierzyce (urban gmina) |
| Town rights | 1457 |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.98 km2 (11.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 2,859 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 63-750 |
| Vehicle registration | PKR |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Voivodeship road |  |
| Website | http://www.sulmierzyce.pl |
It is the birthplace of famous Polish poet Sebastian Klonowic.
History
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Sulmierzyce was granted town rights in 1457 by King Casimir IV Jagiellon thanks to efforts of starost of Odolanów Mikołaj Gruszczyński. It was a royal town of the Kingdom of Poland, administratively located in the Kalisz County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.[2] The 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade was stationed in the town.[3]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 2,807 | — |
| 1921 | 2,526 | −10.0% |
| 1931 | 2,476 | −2.0% |
| 1939 | 2,408 | −2.7% |
| 1950 | 1,929 | −19.9% |
| 1960 | 2,061 | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 2,859 | +38.7% |
| Source: [4][5][1] | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
- ^ Gembarzewski, Bronisław (1925). Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831 (in Polish). Warszawa: Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej. p. 7.
- ^ Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 201.
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 49.
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