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Kalisz County (Polish: powiat kaliski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
Kalisz (pop. 110,000) is the main city of south-eastern Greater Poland and the region's second city (after Poznań ). It is probably the oldest town in Poland. Ptolemy mentions a city named 'Calisia' in his Geographia, written circa AD 142–174. Archaeological excavations after the Second World War found remains of a settlement from that time.
Kalisz, city, Wielkopolskie województwo (province), west-central Poland, situated on the Prosna River. The excavations of a prehistoric village and mention of the settlement as Calisia by the astronomer-geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century ce are evidence of the town’s antiquity.
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Currently, it is the second city in Wielkopolska after Poznań, with a significant economic, social and cultural potential. It is also a growing academic and artistic centre. Kalisz is a historical city, drawing from the multicultural tradition and open to new opportunities and challenges.
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Kalisz Region (Polish: Kaliskie) is a historical and ethnographical area of Poland, located in central Poland mainly in the Greater Poland Lakes Area and South Greater Poland Plain. It forms the eastern part of Greater Poland proper.
Kalisz is a city in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 97,905 residents. It is the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of Greater Poland, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce.
