Zbiersk-Cukrownia | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Greater Poland |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kalisz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Stawiszyn |
Coordinates: | 51.9522°N 18.1383°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Population Total: | 1800 |
Zbiersk-Cukrownia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiszyn, within Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 5km (03miles) north-east of Stawiszyn, 220NaN0 north of Kalisz, and 980NaN0 south-east of the regional capital Poznań.
The village was established as a result of administrative reform on 1 January 1973. During said reform, smaller administrative units of gromada and osiedle (settlement) were replaced with larger gminas. There was a question whether to locate gmina's capital in Zbiersk, which was the biggest village of the region, but was located on its outskirts, or nearby Stawiszyn – which was located closer to gmina's center, but was a smaller town (in fact, the smallest town in Poland). To solve the dispute, Zbiersk was divided into Zbiersk (western part) and Zbiersk-Cukrownia (eastern part) along the Konin-Kalisz road. The name of the new village was derived from a local sugar refinery (pl. cukrownia), established in the 19th century.