Potarzyca, Jarocin County Explained

Potarzyca
Settlement Type:Village
Total Type: 
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Greater Poland
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jarocin
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Jarocin
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:51.9167°N 42°W
Population Total:800

Potarzyca is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Jarocin, within Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 8km (05miles) south-west of Jarocin and 640NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Poznań.

Planetarium

In Potarzyca, is a gymnasium, situated in a planetarium. It is a self-made projector made by Andrzej Owczarek, a technical teacher, in 1993 year. It may be one of the few professional planetariums in a European village.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS)  - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.
  2. Web site: Potarzyca Planetarium.