| 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 | 
Sulmierzyce ([sulmʲɛˈʐɨt͡sɛ]) is a town in Krotoszyn County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
It is the birthplace of famous Polish poet Sebastian Klonowic.
History
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Early 20th-century drawing of the town hall
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% | 
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 2,526 | — | 
| 1931 | 2,476 | −2.0% | 
| 2010 | 2,859 | +15.5% | 
| Source: [4][1] | ||
References
- 1 2 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.
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