Jarocin
Jarocin | |
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St Martin's Church with marketplace (top) and town hall (bottom) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Jarocin | |
| Coordinates: 51°58′N 17°30′E / 51.967°N 17.500°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Jarocin |
| Gmina | Gmina Jarocin |
| Established | 13th century |
| Town rights | 1257 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Urszula Wyremblewska-Korzyniewska |
| Area | |
• Total | 14.44 km2 (5.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 26,253 |
| • Density | 1,818/km2 (4,709/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 63-200 |
| Area code | +48 62 |
| Car plates | PJA |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | http://www.jarocin.pl/ |
Jarocin (Polish pronunciation: [jaˈrɔt͡ɕin] ⓘ; German: Jarotschin, in the Middle Ages known as Kesselberg) is a town in west-central Poland with 26,253 inhabitants (2024), the administrative capital of Jarocin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Jarocin is a historical town, having been founded and granted city rights in the 13th century. The marketplace features a Ratusz town hall built between 1799 and 1804, which is now home to the Jarocin Regional Museum.
The town also became famous in the 1980s thanks to the Jarocin Festival, one of the first rock-punk music festivals of the former Warsaw Pact and in Europe. The first event was organised in 1980.