| Chocz | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pleszew |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chocz |
| Coordinates: | 51.9667°N 69°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Marian Dariusz Wielgosik |
| Established Title: | City rights |
| Established Date: | before 1870, 2015 |
| Elevation M: | 94 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.88 |
| Population As Of: | 31 December 2021[1] |
| Population Total: | 1746 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 63-313 |
| Area Code: | +48 62 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name: | Car plates |
| Blank Info: | PPl |
| Website: | http://www.chocz.pl |
Chocz 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.[2] It lies approximately 11km (07miles) north-east of Pleszew and 810NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
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.[3]
Chocz regained town rights on January 1, 2015.[4]
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:
| Description | All | Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[5]