Nowe Skalmierzyce

Nowe Skalmierzyce
Nowe Skalmierzyce seen from the neighboring city of Kalisz
Nowe Skalmierzyce seen from the neighboring city of Kalisz
Flag of Nowe Skalmierzyce
Coat of arms of Nowe Skalmierzyce
Nowe Skalmierzyce is located in Poland
Nowe Skalmierzyce
Nowe Skalmierzyce
Coordinates: 51°43′N 18°0′E / 51.717°N 18.000°E / 51.717; 18.000
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyOstrów Wielkopolski
GminaNowe Skalmierzyce
Area
 • Total
1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
5,080
 • Density3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
63-460
Vehicle registrationPOS
ClimateCfb
National roads
Websitehttp://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.