Gniezno County (Polish: powiat gnieźnieński ) is a powiat (county) located about 50 km east of Poznań , in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. The county seat is the town of Gniezno. The population numbers 140,262 (2005). Its area is 1254,34 km². A powiat (pronounced povyat; plural, powiaty) is the Polish third-level unit of administration, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture (NUTS-3) in some countries. ... PoznaÅ„ (?· i; full official name: The Capital City of PoznaÅ„, Latin: , German: , Yiddish: פּױזן Poyzn) is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). ... Greater Poland Voivodeship (Polish: województwo wielkopolskie) is an administrative region or voivodeship of western-central Poland. ... Motto: none Voivodship Greater Poland Municipal government Mayor Jaromir Dziel Area 40,9 km² Population - city - urban - density 71 040 none 1737/km² Founded City rights 8th century 1239 Latitude Longitude 52°32 N 17°36 E Area code +48 61 Car plates PGN Twin towns Anagni, Esztergom, Falkenberg, Saint...
In the next centuries Gniezno evolved as a regional seat of the eastern part of Greater Poland, and in 1238 municipal autonomy was granted by the duke Władysław Odonic.
Gniezno was hit by heavy fires in 1515, 1613, was destroyed during the Swedish invasion wars of the 17th-18th centuries and by a plague of 1708-1710.
Gniezno's Roman Catholic archbishop is traditionally the Primate of Poland (Prymas Polski).
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