Nowe Skalmierzyce
Nowe Skalmierzyce [ˈnɔvɛ skalmʲɛˈʐɨt͡sɛ] (German: Neu Skalmierschütz, 1943-45 Kalmen) is a town and its surrounding municipality in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-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 | |
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  Nowe Skalmierzyce | |
| Coordinates: 51°43′N 18°0′E | |
| Country |  |
| 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) |
| Postal code | 63-460 |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | http://www.noweskalmierzyce.pl/ |
Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce") adjoins the urbanized village of Skalmierzyce, which is in fact the administrative seat of the gmina. Nowe Skalmierzyce originally developed as a customs post on the border between Prussia and Russian-controlled Congress Poland in the 19th century.