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Kalisz

Eastern Europe

Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 97,905 residents as of December 2021, the second-largest city in Greater Poland Voivodeship and capital of the Kalisz Land. Situated on the Prosna river, it is one of Poland's oldest cities and, alongside Poznan, a traditional capital of Greater Poland, having served as a significant regional center since the Middle Ages; it is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalisz.

Facts
Population
98,272 1
Area (sq km)
69.42 2
Founding Year
850 1
Elevation (m)
144 2
Latitude
51.757 degrees north 2
Longitude
18.083 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Kalisz (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '9th century' on 'Kalisz'
  • Infobox: population_total
    98,272 (38th)
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Kalisz (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.757, longitude 18.083
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 144 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 69.42 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Kalisz - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3096880
    51.76109 18.09102 P PPLA3 PL 86 3061 306101 108759 109 Europe/Warsaw
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 109 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 18.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 18.25
51.75 18.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Kalisz
Wikidata Q52842, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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