Ostrów Wielkopolski
Ostrów Wielkopolski | |
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Left to right: aerial view of Market Square, City Hall, Ostrów Wielkopolski Co-Cathedral, Stefan Rowiński bench, former Women's College. | |
| Coordinates: 51°38′58″N 17°48′59″E / 51.64944°N 17.81639°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| Gmina | Ostrów Wielkopolski (urban gmina) |
| First mentioned | 1293 |
| City rights | 15th century |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Beata Klimek (L) |
| Area | |
• Total | 41.9 km2 (16.2 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
• Total | 70,982 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63-400 to 63-417 |
| Area code | +48 62 |
| Car plates | POS |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Highways | |
| National roads | |
| Voivodeship roads | |
| Website | http://www.umostrow.pl/ |
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Ostrów Wielkopolski ([ˈɔstruv vjɛlkɔˈpɔlskʲi]) (often abbreviated Ostrów Wlkp., formerly called simply Ostrów, German: Ostrowo, Latin: Ostrovia) is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County. It is the fifth-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań, Kalisz, Piła and Konin.
It is located in the Kalisz Region in the south-eastern part of historic Greater Poland.