Nowe Skalmierzyce | |
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 Nowe Skalmierzyce seen from the neighboring city of Kalisz | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Nowe Skalmierzyce | |
| Coordinates: 51°43′N 18°0′E / 51.717°N 18.000°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| Gmina | Nowe Skalmierzyce |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 5,080 |
| • Density | 3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63-460 |
| Vehicle registration | POS |
| Climate | Cfb |
| National roads |  |
| Website | http://www.noweskalmierzyce.pl/ |
Nowe Skalmierzyce [ˈnɔvɛ skalmʲɛˈʐɨt͡sɛ] is a town and its surrounding municipality in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland. The town has a population of 5,093 (2006 est.), while the municipality, Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, which is a mixed urban-rural gmina that includes the town, has a population of 15,191. The town has a land area of only 1.58 km², which results in a population density of 3,223.4 persons/km², the seventh-highest density of all towns in Poland, and the second-highest density (after Swarzędz) of the urban portion of any Polish urban-rural gmina (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The gmina has a land area of 125.42 km².
Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce") adjoins the urbanized village of Skalmierzyce, which is in fact the administrative seat of the gmina.