Chocz is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Pleszew County,
Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' , from German ''Gemeinde'' meaning ''commune'') is the principal unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,477 gminas throughout the country, encompassing over 4 ...
(administrative district) called
Gmina Chocz.
It lies approximately north-east of
Pleszew
Pleszew (; german: Pleschen) is a town in central Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 90 km southeast of Poznań. It is the capital of Pleszew County (''powiat pleszewski''). Population is 17,892 (2004).
History
The oldest permanen ...
and south-east of the regional capital
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John ...
. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 1,746.
Chocz regained town rights on January 1, 2015.
Demographics
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:
Number of inhabitants by year
References
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Chocz
Chocz is a town in Pleszew County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Chocz. It lies approximately north-east of Pleszew and south-east of the regional capital ...