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| Country | Poland |
| Region | Łódź Voivodeship |
| Surface | 772.57 km² (4.24% of the voivodeship area) km² |
| Population | about 52.1 thous. 68 people / km² |
| Postal Code | 99-100 |
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Łęczyca poviat lies in voivodeship of Lodz. Leczyca is the seat of the poviat authorities. There is a geometrical center of Poland on its territory.
General information
The Łęczyca poviat within its present borders was created as a result of an administrative reform in 1999. The poviat is agricultural, arable lands constitute 84% of the poviat's area.
Geography
It is located in the north-western part of the Łódź Province. It stretches latitudinally along the Bzura and Ner valleys, covering the geographical center of Poland. The poviat's area of 77,257 ha is divided between the Środkowo-Mazowiecka Lowlands and the South-Wielkopolska Lowlands. Thanks to the ice sheet, the region has a varied topography. It is visible in the stripes of Morena Kutnowska, the Warsaw-Berlin Ice-marginal Valley. The Bzura River, belonging to the basin of the Vistula and the Ner River, flowing into the Warta, flows along a vast ice-marginal valley. Area: 77,257 ha, inhabited by 52,329 inhabitants. Urbanization 29.00%. The poviat has an agricultural and industrial character, forests cover 6% of the area. The poviat consists of one town (Łęczyca commune) and 8 rural communes: Daszyna, Góra Św. Małgorzata, Grabów (the largest, 155 km², population 6335), Łęczyca, Friday, Świnice Warckie and Witonia.
fauna and Flora
The Warsaw-Berlin valley along its entire area is a corridor of the European Ecological Network Natura 2000. It is a strip of nature and landscape covered with peat bogs and meadows, varied with alder forests or clumps of willows, this area creates excellent habitat conditions for birds and wetland animals. Here you can find unique vegetation of northern European origin or glacial relics. The marsh landscape with floodplains complements the natural habitats of deciduous and riparian forests. Mixed forests occur in the higher areas. Forests cover 4,946 ha, i.e. 6% of the poviat's area is covered by forests, pine forests dominate, in many places there are riparian forests, oak forests, birch forests and here and there alders and fragments of oak-hornbeam forests. nature reserves.
History
The Łęczyca poviat existed in the years 1867–1975. Previously, it was also the seat of the Łęczyca voivodship, Ziemia Łęczycka.
The oldest history of Łęczyca dates back to the 6th century, but it was of greatest importance at the beginning of the 20th century. 12th century
It received city rights in the middle of In the 13th century it was renewed in 1400 by Władysław II Jagiełło.
Around 1000, a Benedictine abbey was established in Tum near Łęczyca, in the middle of the The collegiate church took its place in the 13th century. At the turn of the 12th / 13th centuries, the Łęczyca archdeaconry was established. There was a center of state and church power here, which influenced the development of pre-colonial and founding Łęczyca.
Until the Second Partition of Poland, Łęczyca was the seat of a voivodeship, then only a poviat town.
During the period of the National Education Commission, there was a faculty school here.
The medieval urban layout of Łęczyca has been preserved.
The traditional costume of Łęczyca began to fall out of use at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Men's clothing consisted of striped green trousers, a red striped vest and a black or gray russet coat with a red belt. The headgear was a hat or sheepskin. The women wore a red striped skirt, a green, sapphire or purple apron, and a yellow, black or white pinstripe shoulder apron. In legends, the figure of the devil Boruta is popular, and in chapels by the rivers you can meet St. John of Nepomuk protecting against floods. Łęczycanie is an ethnographic group of Polish people living in the area between Greater Poland and Mazovia. This population was strongly influenced by the neighboring districts. In the mid-twentieth century, their cultural identity was already poorly marked. The inhabitants of Łęczyca lost their position as a separate group of people with their own cultural features that they had previously had. The area of Łęczycany was a transition region between the Greater Poland and Masovian groups. However, the advantage of the Masovian Łęczycanie features is emphasized, especially on the border of the Gostyniński poviat. To a large extent, the disappearance of traditional folk culture was caused by the development of industry in the Łódź District.
The celebration after the completion of the harvest and field work was called Łęczyca wreath.
The inhabitants of Łęczyca had a humorous nickname Piskorze, who were particularly referred to the gentry of Łęczyca.
Robert Wolski (born December 8, 1982) was born in Łęczyca - a Polish athlete, high jumper.
Economy
There were sugar factories in the region, incl. in Leśmierz. Fruit, vegetable and dairy processing is important.
Łęczyckie provides a significant amount of onions for the region and is known for this and in the country.
For many years, iron ore was mined in the mine, founded in 1954, the hoisting tower of which still exists in the landscape today.
Drive
By car
The road network makes Łęczyca an important road communication junction, as national roads intersect here:
- national road No. 1 with road No. 703
By bus
Bus communication plays an important role. Lines in the city and its vicinity are operated mainly by PKS.
By rail
The area of the poviat is crossed by a railway line from Kutno to Łódź.
By plane
Regions
Interesting places
Natural and cultural values as well as numerous hiking, biking and horse trails (including "Amber Trail", "In the center of Poland", "Bitwy nad Bzura", "In the land of devil Boruta", "Łódź Horse Trail") determine the sightseeing the attractiveness of the region.
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Transport
There is public transport in Łęczyca, buses run on several lines.