Kościan

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Kościan is a historic town in west-central Poland, located in the Greater Poland region south of Poznań.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kościan canonical 2
Jewish community of Kościan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeStatus urban gmina
areaCode +48 65
belongsTo European Union (through Poland)
carPlates PKS
climateClassification humid continental climate
country Poland
countrySubdivision Poland
hasCityRights true
hasCityRightsSince 13th century
hasCountySeat Kościan County
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
food processing
light industry
hasGermanName Kosten
hasLandmark Kościan market square
Kościan town hall
Saint Mary’s Church in Kościan
hasNearbyCity Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Leszno
Śrem
hasRailConnectionTo Leszno
Poznań
hasRailwayLine Poznań–Wrocław railway
historicallyPartOf German Empire
Kingdom of Poland
People’s Republic of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Prussia
Second Polish Republic
historicalRegion Greater Poland
isHistoric true
isSeatOf Gmina Kościan
Kościan County
languageOfficial Polish
locatedIn Greater Poland Voivodeship
west-central Poland
locatedInEuropeanRegion Central Europe
locatedInHistoricProvince Poznań Voivodeship (historical)
locatedOnRiver Obra
locatedSouthOf Poznań
population approximately 24000
populationAsOf 2020s
postalCode 64-000
primaryReligionTradition Roman Catholicism
region Greater Poland
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
voivodeship Greater Poland Voivodeship

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poznań Land hasMajorCity Kościan
Jewish communities of Greater Poland hasPart Jewish community of Kościan
linked to: Kościan