Skalmierzyce, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Skalmierzyce | |
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Village | |
Gmina office | |
Skalmierzyce | |
| Coordinates: 51°42′N 17°58′E / 51.700°N 17.967°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Ostrów |
| Gmina | Nowe Skalmierzyce |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | POS |
| Climate | Cfb |
Skalmierzyce [skalmjɛˈʐɨt͡sɛ] is an urbanized village in Ostrów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It adjoins the town of Nowe Skalmierzyce.
Skalmierzyce has a population of around 4,000. It is the administrative seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce. It is the only village in Poland to be the seat of a gmina containing a town (until 2009 it shared that status with Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship).
In local speech it is often called Stare Skalmierzyce ("Old Skalmierzyce"), to distinguish it from Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce").