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Greater Poland Voivodship

Greater Poland Voivodship modern coats of arms

The Greater Poland Voivodship (in Polish województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodship of western-central Poland

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznan, Kalisz, Konin, Pila and Leszno voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. The voivodship's name recalls the region's traditional name of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska).

It is second in area and third in population among the country's sixteen voivodships, with 29,826 km² and 3.4 million inhabitants. Its principal cities are:

Major cities and towns

(population 2003)

Administrative division

Major corporations

  • Jeronimo Martins Dystrybucja sp. z o.o (Biedronka), Poznan
  • Grupa Energetyczna Enea SA , Poznan
  • Volkswagen Poznań sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Kompania Piwowarska SA , Poznan
  • Selgros Cash & Carry sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin SA , Konin
  • Skoda Auto Polska , Poznan
  • Philips Lighning Poland SA , Pila
  • Eurocash sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • GlaxoSmithCline Pharmaceuticals SA , Poznan
  • KDWT SA , Poznan
  • Energetyka Kaliska SA , Kalisz
  • Amica Wronki SA , Wronki
  • Żabka Polska SA , Poznan
  • Wrigley Poland sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego Konin SA , Kleczew
  • Aluminium Konin-Impexmetal SA , Konin
  • Wistil SA , Kalisz
  • miniMal sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Man Star Trucks & Buses sp. z o.o , Tarnowo Porgorne
  • Grupa Raben , Poznan
  • Grupa Mahle , Krotoszyn
  • Winkowski sp. z o.o. , Pila
  • Beiersdorf-Lechia SA , Poznan
  • Inter Groclin Auto SA , Wolsztyn+Grodzisk Wielkopolski
  • Aluplast sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Lidl Polska sp. z o.o. , Tarnowo Podgorne
  • Kuehne & Nagel sp. z o.o. , Gądki
  • Apexim AB SA , Poznan
  • Arko PH s.j. , Komorniki
  • PHUP Andrzej Szeszycki , Gniezno
  • Zespół Elektrociepłowni Poznańskich SA , Poznan
  • Hydrobudowa 9 sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Sanitec Koło SA , Kolo
  • H. Cegielski-Poznań SA , Poznan
  • Maxer SA , Poznan
  • Centra SA , Poznan
  • Bridgestone Poland sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Rehau sp. z o.o. , Przeźmierowo
  • Marol sp. z o.o. , Poznan
  • Wavin Metalplast-Buk sp. z o.o , Buk
  • Solaris Bus & Coach sp. z. o.o. , Bolechowo


Poland Flag of Poland
Voivodships of Poland
Greater Poland | Kuyavia-Pomerania | Lesser Poland | Lodz | Lower Silesia | Lublin | Lubusz | Masovia | Opole | Podlachia | Pomerania | Swietokrzyskie | Silesia | Subcarpathia | Warmia and Masuria | West Pomerania
Principal cities
Warsaw | Łódź | Kraków | Wrocław | Poznań | Gdańsk | Szczecin | Bydgoszcz | Lublin | Katowice | Białystok | Częstochowa | Gdynia | Toruń | Radom | Kielce | Rzeszów | Olsztyn


Last updated: 10-24-2004 05:10:45