| Skalmierzyce | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Total Type: | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
| Subdivision Name3: | Nowe Skalmierzyce |
| Coordinates: | 51.7°N 75°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Poland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
Skalmierzyce is an urbanized village in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 20km (10miles) east of Ostrów Wielkopolski and 1060NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Poznań. It adjoins the town of Nowe Skalmierzyce.
Skalmierzyce has a population of around 4,000. It is the administrative seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce. It is the only village in Poland to be the seat of a gmina containing a town (until 2009 it shared that status with Święta Katarzyna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship).
In local speech it is often called Stare Skalmierzyce ("Old Skalmierzyce"), to distinguish it from Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce").
It was originally called Scarbimirzyce, and is first mentioned in 1343. In 1815 it found itself close to the border between Prussia and Russian-controlled Congress Poland; a customs post was set up close by, which later developed into Nowe Skalmierzyce.
Buildings of interest include St. Catherine's church, built 1791 - 1792 and extended in 1873.