Kalisz : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

Kalisz

Motto

Poloniae urbs vetustissima

Country

Poland

Voivodeship

Greater Poland Voivodeship

County

city county

Established

2nd century

Town rights

after 1253

Government

Mayor

Janusz Pęcherz

Geography

Total Area

26.8 sq mi (69.42 km2)

Demography

Total Population

106857 (2010)

Density (pop.)

auto/km² (0/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

62-800 to 62-821

Area code

+48 062

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Kalisz c-plAUDPl-Kalisz.ogg'kalisz is a city in central Poland with 106,857 inhabitants (June 2010), the capital city of the Kalisz Region. Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostrów Wielkopolski and Nowe Skalmierzyce. See Kalisz County for the regional administrative area (powiat).

Kalisz is an important regional industrial and commercial centre , with many notable factories . The city is also a centre for traditional folk art. The town was also the site of the former 'Calisia' piano factory, until it went out of business in 2007.