Miasteczko Krajeńskie

Miasteczko Krajeńskie
Town
Center of the town
Coat of arms
Miasteczko Krajeńskie
Coordinates: 53°5′N 17°0′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Piła
Gmina	Miasteczko Krajeńskie
Town rights	Before 1457
Population
• Total	1,163
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	PP

Miasteczko Krajeńskie [mjasˈtɛt͡ʂkɔ kraˈjɛɲskʲɛ] is a town in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Miasteczko Krajeńskie.[1] It lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Piła and 77 km (48 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań.

The town has a population of 1,163.

Miasteczko is a former private town, once located in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[2] The adjective Krajeńskie was added to the name after the historical-ethnocultural region of Krajna, within which it is located.

Polish folk hero Michał Drzymała is buried at the local cemetery.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1871 1,116 —     1880 940 −15.8% 1890 932 −0.9% 1900 1,058 +13.5% 1910 1,110 +4.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1925 1,154 +4.0% 1939 1,218 +5.5% 1950 1,059 −13.1% 1960 1,236 +16.7%
Source: [3]

References

1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
2. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
3. Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 29.