Greater Poland Voivodeship
The Greater Poland Voivodeship, Polish województwo wielkopolskie with capital Poznań ( Posen), is one of the 16 provinces of the Republic of Poland. It emerged from the voivodeships of Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno at the local government reform of 1999. With nearly 30,000 square kilometers it is by the Masovian Voivodeship is the second largest province in the country and with more than 3.3 million inhabitants also the most populous.
Wielkopolska is considered with the old Piast royal cities Poznan and Gniezno as the nucleus of Poland. The main river is the Warta. The area of the Greater Poland Voivodeship largely corresponds to the former Prussian province of Posen. However, the historic Greater Poland encompassed a much larger area.
- 3.1 Largest cities
- 3.2 rivers
- 3.3 mountains
- 6.1 External links
- 6.2 footnotes
Coat of arms
Description: In a red gold confess änderter and gold reinforced silver eagle with golden clover stems and goldgebundenem tail.
Administrative divisions
The Greater Poland Voivodeship is divided into 31 counties, which Posen, Kalisz, Konin and Leszno remain acyclic. The counties named after them they do not belong to themselves.
Independent Cities
Counties
(Residents on June 30, 2006)
Geography
Largest cities
The only major cities in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the provincial capital Poznań and Poland 's oldest city Kalisz.
- Warta
- Networks
Mountains
The highest elevation in the Greater Poland Voivodeship is located north-west of Kepno at Parzynów Kobyla Góra (284 m).
Economy
Expressed in comparison with the EU GDP in purchasing power standards reached the province in 2006 an index of 55.1 (EU-27 = 100). The unemployment rate in 2005 was 17.2 percent. By December 2009, it had dropped to 9.1 percent. This has only the Mazowieckie region, at 9.0 percent, a lower unemployment rate.
Partnership
Since December 7, 2000, there is a partnership between the Wielkopolska Region and the German state of Hesse.