Poznań poviat - Powiat poznański

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Country	Poland
Capital city	Poznan
Surface	1,899.95 km²
Population	399 272
Car code	PZ, POZ
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Poznań poviat - poviat in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. His seat is Poznan, the capital of the voivodeship Greater Poland, but the city itself does not belong to this poviat.

Drive

By plane

There is an international airport in Poznań, from which you can continue your journey by bus line 159 departing directly from the terminal's door (more details in the section Transport).

By train

Most of the municipalities near Poznań have smaller or larger railway stations and stops. Regional trains allow access from the Poznań Główny railway junction, to which there are direct trains from all over Poland, as well as from abroad. From the main station in Poznań, you can also go on a further journey with one of the many bus and tram stops nearby the station (more details in the section Transport).

By car

From the south and west, Poznań is surrounded by a bypass, which enables the exit not only towards the city, but also in the opposite direction - to the Poznań poviat. Basically, from any region of Poland, it is enough to go to Poznań, and then take the exit to the selected town from the poviat. The main roads running through the Poznań poviat are: A2 motorway, expressways S5 and S11, as well as national roads number 11, 32 and 92.

By bus

Many companies run direct bus connections to Poznań from virtually all major Polish cities. Long-distance buses stop near the main railway station in Poznań, from where you can go on a further journey by tram or public transport bus (more details in the section Transport).

Some towns of the Poznań poviat can also be reached by PKS buses from other nearby poviats (most of them stop in the poviat before entering Poznań itself).

By ship

It runs through the Poznań poviat (Warta) Great Loop of Wielkopolska - 688 km long inland navigation route. The nearest large marinas are in Śrem, Poznań and Oborniki.

Transport

Public transport in the Poznań poviat includes rail and bus connections. In various municipalities of the poviat, bus transport is organized by various carriers, but most of them cooperate with the Public Transport Authority in Poznań (these are MPK in Poznań, Rokbus Rokietnica, Translub Luboń, PUK Komorniki, Kombus Kórnik, ZKP Suchy Las, Transkom Czerwonak, TPBus Tarnowo Podgórne and ZK Kleszczewo). Thanks to this, it is enough to buy one ticket to travel on all lines of these carriers.

Prices and promotions

Regular, temporary ZTM tickets are quite expensive (up to 15 minutes - PLN 4, up to 45 minutes - PLN 6, up to 90 minutes - PLN 8), but there are many discounts, promotions and attractive tariffs, thanks to which traveling around Poznań becomes much cheaper.

PEKA card

When traveling to Poznań, you can apply for a PEKA card (Poznań Electronic Agglomeration Card), which gives the user many benefits, primarily the possibility of settling the bus (or tram) trip for the stops traveled, instead of the time shown on the ticket. PEKA also gives you the opportunity to take advantage of many promotions - up-to-date information on this subject is always available in ZTM vehicles, at stops and at ZTM website. The PEKA card is available in two variants: personal and "bearer".

1. A "bearer" card - this card can be purchased at any Customer Service Point (its cost is PLN 27, of which PLN 15 is the amount of the initial card top-up, which can then be used to pay for journeys).
2. Personal card - entitles you to even more discounts. You must apply for it (you can do it over the Internet), and in Poznań you should collect the card at one of the ZTM Customer Service Points (it is free). It can take a long time to get your card, so make sure to apply in advance. The already issued card will wait for the recipient at the Customer Service Point for up to 12 months. Caution - be careful not to lose the personalized PEKA card, because obtaining another one for the same person involves a fee (PLN 21).^[1]

The ZTM Customer Service Point closest to the Main Railway Station is located at the Western Railway Station (these stations are adjacent to each other "platform to platform" and are connected by an aftermath passage).

Bus-Tram-Railway ticket

Travelers coming to the Poznań poviat for longer and intending to travel by rail and public transport may be interested in Bus-Tram-Rail tickets - accepted on PKP and Regio trains as well as ZTM buses and trams. Detailed information is available at Poznań railway stations and website. Tickets can be purchased at PKP ticket offices. When you buy a season ticket for a PEKA card, you also automatically get the possibility to travel by trains free of charge between the stations with the word "Poznań" in the name, and to the Kiekrz station.

Timetable

The always up-to-date timetable for all ZTM lines can be found on the website of ZTM Poznań. Travelers can also use the app myMPKwhich, apart from the timetable, also contains information about current delays and traffic disruptions.

An administrative division

Communes of the Poznań poviat

Community	Type of commune	Headquarters	Surface [km²]	Population	Density of population [people / km²]
			(as of January 1, 2020[2])
Beech	urban-rural	Beech	90,58	12 610	139
A flamingo	rural	A flamingo	82,48	27 617	335
Damn	rural	Damn	108,02	28 138	260
Kleszczewo	rural	Kleszczewo	74,46	8 868	119
Bailiffs	rural	Bailiffs	66,41	30 620	461
Kostrzyn	urban-rural	Kostrzyn	154,81	18 491	119
Kórnik	urban-rural	Kórnik	186,12	29 787	160
Luboń	urban	Luboń	13,51	31 941	2364
Mosina	urban-rural	Mosina	171,43	33 442	195
Murowana Goślina	urban-rural	Murowana Goślina	172,23	16 901	98
Pobiedziska	urban-rural	Pobiedziska	189,58	19 741	104
Puszczykowo	urban	Puszczykowo	16,39	9 657	589
Rocket	rural	Rocket	79,30	18 637	235
Steszew	urban-rural	Steszew	175,02	15 126	86
Suchy Las	rural	Suchy Las	116,01	18 104	156
Swarzędz	urban-rural	Swarzędz	101,78	51 522	506
Tarnowo Podgorne	rural	Tarnowo Podgorne	101,75	28 070	276

Population

At the end of 2012, the Poznań poviat was inhabited by 344.7 thousand. people.

Inhabitants of the Poznań poviat (December 31, 2012)^[2]

	number	% of residents	Men	Women
Overall	344 752	100%	167 734	177 018
City	132 380	38,4%	63 629	68 751
Village	212 372	61,6%	104 105	108 267

In 1995, the Poznań poviat was inhabited by 240.7 thousand. people, and in 2012 - already 344.7 thousand. people. This means that over 17 years, as many as 104.0 thous. new inhabitants (population increase by 43.2%). The highest increases are recorded in the following communes: Dopiewo, Kleszczewo, Komorniki, Rokietnica, Suchy Las and Tarnowo Podgórne.

The urbanization rate in the Poznań poviat is 38.4%, which means that the majority of the population of this area (61.6%) lives in the countryside. Many towns near Poznań, although they do not have municipal rights, are often inhabited by even 4-7 thousand. people.

Worth seeing

The Poznań poviat abounds in all sorts of places worth visiting. For ease of use, they are divided into four categories: Natrua, History and architecture and Active recreation, and Other interesting placesin which places that do not fall clearly in any of the first three categories were collected.

Nature

In the poviat of Poznań you can visit, among others nature protection areas - National Park, landscape parks and nature reserves. There are tourist routes that run here: the Piast Route, the Roman Route, the Kórnik Route, and the Wielkopolska Droga św. James.

Other main natural attractions of the region are:

• Arboretum in Kórnik
• Forest arboretum in Zielonka
• Oaks Rogalińskie
• The Zielonka Forest
• Warta Promenade in Sremie
• Educational and nature path "Bobrowa trail"
• The Trzcielskie Swamp
• Lusowskie Lake

History and architecture

In Wielkopolska, there are plenty of attractions and other objects worth visiting. This area has been managed continuously since the beginning of the Polish state, so we can find here monuments from many different eras. In the poviat of Poznań, which is the central part of the region, we can also find many monuments, as well as museums, caring for the memory of the history of the region. The most important of them are listed below.

Castles and palaces

• Palace of St. Croissants
• Castle of Kórnik
• Palace of St. Biedrusko
• Palace of St. Will be

Museums

• Arkady Fiedler Museum in Puszczykowo
• Agricultural Museum in Szreniawa
• Open-air museum and beekeeping museum in Swarzędz
• The Nature and Hunting Museum in He will make it
• Museum of Greater Poland Insurgents in Lusas

Religious monuments

• The Trail of Wooden Churches around the Zielonka Forest
• St. Michael the Archangel and Our Lady Help of Christians in Croissant
• Church of All Saints in Kórnik
• St. Cistercian Church and Monastery Owińska
• Church of st. Casimir St. Głtowce
• St. Nicholas the Bishop of St. Jumping
• St. Cross in Beech
• Marian Sanctuary of St. Tulce

Other monuments in the area

• The industrial architecture trail in Luboń
• Station Puszczykowo
• Windmill in Rogierówek
• Halszka's Tower in Szamotuły
• Water tower in Sremie
• Historic buildings in Gołęczewo

Active recreation

For lovers of relaxation combined with a dose of sports emotions, there will also be attractions in the Poznań district. The capital of Wielkopolska is circulated by the so-called The Bicycle Ring Around Poznań connected with the city center by seven access routes. Stationary attractions include:

• Water Park "Octopus" in Dry Forest
• Tarnowskie Thermal Baths (Tarnowo Podgorne)
• The Kórnik Recreation and Sports Center "Oaza" (v Kórnik)
• Swarzędz Center for Recreation and Sports (Swarzędz)
• Cascader Park - rope park in Kobylnicy
• WakePlace - wakeboard lift in Sremie
• Motorcross track in Oborniki
• Landing pad in Słonawy
• Traperska Osada - a place for organizing agritourism events in Bolechówek
• Horse stud "Podkowa Gruszczyn" in Pears
• "Misiałek" ice rink (Tarnowo Podgorne)

Other interesting places

The Poznań Poviat abounds in many interesting places, not all of which can be included in any of the above categories. A few of them are gathered here:

• Mosińska Kolej Drezynowa offers the possibility to ride a real hand or bicycle trolley around the Wielkopolski National Park. There are two routes available, both starting from Mosina
• Open-air museum of the Piast Trail and the town of St. Pobiedziska
• Railway mockup Borówiec
• Indian Village in Łopuchówek
• The "Elegant of Mosina" monument, referring to a popular regional saying, placed in Mosina

Tourists

In 2012, a total of 181.3 thousand people used the registered accommodation facilities in the Poznań poviat. people, including 17.8 thous. tourists from abroad. The average tourist stayed in the poviat on average 1.75 days.

Tourists using registered accommodation facilities in the Poznań poviat (2008-2012)

Type of data	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Tourists (total)	140 886	140 934	158 309	171 910	181 293
including foreign tourists	14 429	13 859	13 899	14 394	17 823

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