Gniezno

Gniezno
Royal Capital City of Gniezno
Stołeczne Królewskie Miasto Gniezno
  • Left to right: Lake Jelonek
  • Franciscan Church
  • Main Post Office
  • Details of the Gniezno Cathedral
  • Museum of the Origins of the Polish State
Flag of Gniezno
Flag
Coat of arms of Gniezno
Coat of arms
Gniezno is located in Poland
Gniezno
Gniezno
Coordinates: 52°32′09″N 17°35′45″E / 52.53583°N 17.59583°E / 52.53583; 17.59583
Country Poland
Voivodeship Greater Poland
CountyGniezno
GminaGniezno (urban gmina)
Established8th-10th century
City rights1239
Government
 • City mayorMichał Powałowski (PO)
Area
 • Total49 km2 (19 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)
 • Total66,769 Decrease[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
62–200 to 62–210
Area code+48 61
Car platesPGN
ClimateDfb
Highways
National roads link = National road 15 (Poland)
Websitehttp://www.Gniezno.eu

Gniezno ([ˈɡɲɛznɔ] ⓘ; Latin: Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769,[1] making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, it was the first historical capital of Poland in the 10th century and early 11th century,[2] and it was mentioned in 10th-century sources, possibly including the Dagome Iudex, as the capital of Piast Poland.

Gniezno is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno, the country's oldest archdiocese, founded in 1000, and its archbishop is the primate of Poland, making the city the country's ecclesiastical capital. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (powiat).

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 15 August 2022. Data for territorial unit 3003011.
  2. ^ "Gniezno". Encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 28 February 2020.