Chodecz | |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Coordinates: | 52.4°N 21°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Kuyavian-Pomeranian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Włocławek |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Chodecz |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jarosław Grabczyński |
Established Title: | City rights |
Established Date: | 1442-1800, 1822-1870, 1921 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.39 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2021[1] |
Population Total: | 2244 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 87-860 |
Area Code: | +48 54 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | CWL |
Website: | http://www.chodecz.pl |
Chodecz is a town in Włocławek County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland. It is situated midway between Lubień Kujawski and Przedecz. It is about 75km (47miles) north of Łódź, 150km (90miles) west of Warsaw and 28km (17miles) south of Włocławek. The southwest side of Chodecz borders on Lake Chodeckie. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,244.
Chodecz was a private town, administratively located in the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1544 King Sigismund I the Old established four annual fairs in Chodecz, and in 1666 King John II Casimir Vasa established a fifth fair.[2]
During the German occupation (World War II), the town was renamed Godetz.
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:
Description | All | Women | Men | ||||
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Unit | person | percentage | person | percentage | person | percentage | |
Population | 2244 | 100 | 1169 | 52.1% | 1075 | 47.9% | |
Population density | 1614.4 | 841.0 | 773.4 |