Poznań

capital of the Greater Poland Voivodeship in west-central Poland
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Summary

Poznań is an urban municipality of Poland[1]. Poznań ranks in the top 0.45% of urban municipality of poland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,551 views/month, #1 of 224).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Order of the Builders of People's Poland[3]
  • Member of: Stowarzyszenie Metropolia Poznań[4], Wetland City Network[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Greater Poland Voivodeship[6]
  • Country: Poland[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Warta[8]
  • Head of government: Jacek Jaśkowiak[9]
  • Continent: Europe[10]
  • Instance of: city with powiat rights in Poland[11], Hanseatic city[12], big city[13]
  • Shares border with: Gmina Kórnik[14], Gmina Mosina[15], Luboń[16], Gmina Komorniki[17], Gmina Dopiewo[18], Gmina Tarnowo Podgórne[19], Gmina Rokietnica[20], Gmina Suchy Las[21], Gmina Czerwonak[22], Gmina Swarzędz[23], Gmina Kleszczewo[24], Poznań County[25]
  • Twinned administrative body: Assen[26], Brno[27], Kharkiv[28], Győr[29], Hanover[30], Jyväskylä[31], Kutaisi[32], Nablus[33], Nottinghamshire[34], Pozuelo de Alarcón[35], Ra'anana[36], Rennes[37], Shenzhen[38], Toledo[39]
  • Postal code: 60-001[40]
  • Commons category: Poznań[41]
  • Licence plate code: PO[42], PY[43]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[44], UTC+02:00[45]
  • Local dialing code: 61[46]
  • Significant event: Battle of Poznań[47], Siege of Poznań[48]
  • Official website: https://www.poznan.pl/[49]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Poznań[50]
  • Commons gallery: Poznań[51]
  • Population: 551,627[52], 544,612[53], 540,372[54], 538,633[55], 533,830[56], 546,859[57]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Poznań[58]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Poznań include Poznań-Ławica Airport[59], an airport[60], in Poland[61] and Posen Township[62], a township of Minnesota[63], in United States[64].

Why It Matters

Poznań has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Poznań is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Entities named for Poznań include Poznań-Ławica Airport[59], an airport[60], in Poland[61] and Posen Township[62], a township of Minnesota[63], in United States[64].

FAQs

What awards did Poznań receive?

Honors received include Order of the Builders of People's Poland[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] ↑ . poznan.pl. poznan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [28] ↑ . poznan.pl. poznan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [29] ↑ . poznan.pl. poznan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [31] ↑ . poznan.pl. poznan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] ↑ . poznan.pl. poznan.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  43. [5] ↑ . wetlandcity.org. Retrieved . wetlandcity.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  55. [57] ↑ . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Retrieved . bdl.stat.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 87372
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 87372, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  2. 16w ago · Czupirek · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Terc municipality code → 3064011
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Terc municipality code: 3064, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/140006365|Poznań (#140006365)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5373|TERC municipality code]]"
  3. 17w ago · Atsirlin · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Page banner → Poznan Wikivoyage Banner.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Page banner: Poznan-banner3.jpg"
  4. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-yXev-worM-WVih
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-yXev-worM-WVih, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250717775|poznań (#250717775)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic]]"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0005057-Poznan-Polsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0005057-Poznan-Polsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 22w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['poznan-poland', 'poznan']
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: poznan-poland, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949068|poznan poland (#289949068)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  7. 24w ago · İmmortalance · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Located in time zone: UTC+01:00, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257270|batch #257270]]"
  8. 24w ago · Hoefler50 · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for films shot at this location → Category:Films shot in Poznań
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Poznań
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Poznań
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 52.40833333333333, 'lon': 16.933611111111112}
    + 43 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Gcatholic diocese id: treb0, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1777644744929"
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