Nowe Skalmierzyce

Nowe Skalmierzyce
Nowe Skalmierzyce seen from the neighboring city of Kalisz
Nowe Skalmierzyce
Coordinates: 51°43′N 18°0′E / 51.717°N 18.000°E / 51.717; 18.000
Country Poland
VoivodeshipGreater Poland
CountyOstrów Wielkopolski
GminaNowe Skalmierzyce
Area
  Total
1.59 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
  Total
5,080
  Density3,200/km2 (8,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
63-460
Vehicle registrationPOS
ClimateCfb
National roads
Websitehttp://www.noweskalmierzyce.pl/

Nowe Skalmierzyce [ˈnɔvɛ skalmʲɛˈʐɨt͡sɛ] is a town and its surrounding municipality in Ostrów Wielkopolski County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in central Poland. The town has a population of 5,093 (2006 est.), while the municipality, Gmina Nowe Skalmierzyce, which is a mixed urban-rural gmina that includes the town, has a population of 15,191. The town has a land area of only 1.58 km², which results in a population density of 3,223.4 persons/km², the seventh-highest density of all towns in Poland, and the second-highest density (after Swarzędz) of the urban portion of any Polish urban-rural gmina (gmina miejsko-wiejska). The gmina has a land area of 125.42 km².

Nowe Skalmierzyce ("New Skalmierzyce") adjoins the urbanized village of Skalmierzyce, which is in fact the administrative seat of the gmina.