Chocz, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Chocz [xɔt͡ʂ] is a town in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Chocz. It lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Pleszew and 81 km (50 mi) south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
History
Chocz, in the past also known as Chodecz, was a private town, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.
Chocz regained town rights on January 1, 2015.
Demographics
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:
| Description | All | Women | Men | |||
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| Unit | person | percentage | person | percentage | person | percentage |
| Population | 1746 | 100 | 861 | 49.3% | 885 | 50.7% |
| Population density | 253.8 | 125.2 | 128.6 | |||
According to the 1921 Polish census, the population was 96.8% Polish and 3% Jewish.
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References
- ^ "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-06-03. Data for territorial unit 3020014.
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 29 lipca 2014 r. w sprawie połączenia gmin, ustalenia granic niektórych gmin i miast, nadania niektórym miejscowościom statusu miasta oraz zmiany siedziby władz gminy, Dz. U., 2014, No. 1023 (2014-07-29)
- ^ Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (in Polish). Vol. II. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 13.
- ^ Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 7.
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