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Borek Wielkopolski

Borek Wielkopolski is a town in Poland, in the Gostyń County in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 2,485 inhabitants as of June 2021.

History

Borek was granted town rights in 1392 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło. It was a private town, administratively located in the Pyzdry County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the village was occupied by Germany until 1945. The occupiers operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the town.

From 1975 to 1998 it was a part of Leszno Voivodeship.

Transport

Borek Wielkopolski lies on voivodeship road 438.

The nearest railway station is in Jarocin.

Demographics

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