Gniezno

Gniezno
Royal Capital City of Gniezno Stołeczne Królewskie Miasto Gniezno
Lake Jelonek Market Square Franciscan Church Details of the Gniezno Cathedral Museum of the Origins of the Polish State
Flag Coat of arms Wordmark
Gniezno
Coordinates: 52°32′09″N 17°35′45″E / 52.53583°N 17.59583°E / 52.53583; 17.59583
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Gniezno
Gmina	Gniezno (urban gmina)
Established	8th-10th century
City rights	1239
Government
• City mayor	Michał Powałowski (PO)
Area
• Total	49 km2 (19 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	66,769 [1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	62–200 to 62–210
Area code	+48 61
Car plates	PGN
Climate	Dfb
Highways
National roads
Website	http://www.Gniezno.eu

Gniezno ([ˈɡɲɛznɔ] ^ⓘ; Latin: Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Poznań.^[2] Its population in 2021 was 66,769,^[1] making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The city is the administrative seat of Gniezno County (powiat).

One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, it was the first historical capital of Poland in the 10th century and early 11th century,^[3] and afterwards remained one of the main cities of the historic region of Greater Poland. Gniezno is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno, the country's oldest archdiocese, founded in 1000, and its archbishop is the primate of Poland, making the city the country's ecclesiastical capital. The Gniezno Cathedral is one of the historically most important churches in Poland, and as such is a designated Historic Monument of Poland.^[4] Other sights include the Old Town and the Museum of the Origins of the Polish State.