Kalisz Region

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 Region
Kaliskie
Historical region
  • From top, left to right: Kalisz Old Town
  • Saint Bartholomew church in Konin
  • Market Square and Town Hall in Ostrów Wielkopolski
  • Market Square and Town Hall in Krotoszyn
Coat of arms
Kalisz Land (ziemia kaliska) and other historical lands of Poland against the background of modern administrative borders
Country Poland
Historical regionGreater Poland
CapitalKalisz
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Highways

Kalisz Region encompasses the area of the former Kalisz Voivodeship, south of Lake Gopło as well as Wieluń Land. In the north it borders Kuyavia, in the south it borders Lower Silesia, in the west it borders Poznań Region and in the east it borders with Sieradz Land and Lęczyca Land.

The largest city of the region is Kalisz, other large towns include: Konin, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Jarocin, Wieluń, Koło, Krotoszyn, Września, Kępno, Środa Wielkopolska, Pleszew, Ostrzeszów and Zagórów.

Kalisz Region is inhabited by an ethnographical group called Kaliszanie.

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