Jeà ¼yce is a area and district in Poznaà  in western Poland. It was one of the five governmental districts (dzielnicas) into which the city was divided prior to 1990, and which are retained for certain administrative purposes. For details, see Administrative division of Poznaà Â.
The name Jeà ¼yce more popularly refers to a much narrower area: the old neighbourhood (and former village) of Jeà ¼yce, centred on the market (Rynek Jeà ¼ycki). This forms the south-eastern part of the wider district of Jeà ¼yce discussed in this article. For the osiedles contained within this district â including one called Jeà ¼yce, which closely corresponds to the old neighbourhood â see Administrative division of Poznaà Â.
The district of Jeà ¼yce covers the north-western part of Poznaà Â, with an area of , 22% of the city's total area. Its population of 81,300 accounts for 14.2% of the city's total. Its population density is 1,404 people/km<sup>2</sup>.
Jeà ¼yce is bordered by the districts Stare Miasto to the east and Grunwald to the south. It also borders the administrative districts (gminas) of Suchy Las to the north, Rokietnica and Tarnowo Podgórne to the north-west, and Dopiewo to the west.
The boundary between Jeà ¼yce and Stare Miasto was marked by the streets Obornicka (the main road leading north towards Oborniki), Lechicka, Piàtkowska, KsiÃÂcia Mieszka I, Puà Âaskiego and Roosevelta. The boundary with Grunwald is marked by Bukowska, the road leading from the city centre to the airport and onwards towards Buk.
The old district of Jeà ¼yce is a residential and commercial quarter directly west of the city centre. Its main street is ulica Dàbrowskiego, which is adjacent to the large open-air market called Rynek Jeà ¼ycki (Jeà ¼yce Market). Close by on Dàbrowskiego are the Teatr Nowy (New Theatre) and the Rialto cinema.
Onwards from old Jeà ¼yce, Dàbrowskiego continues as the main westerly route out of northern Poznaà Â. It passes through the neighbourhoods of Ogrody ("gardens", named after the city's botanical gardens in the area), Wola, Smochowice, Sytkowo and Krzyà ¼owniki. To the south, between the streets Dàbrowskiego and Bukowska, is Poznaà  à Âawica Airport.
Much of Jeà ¼yce consists of a belt of green land along the Bogdanka stream, which flows through the district from the north-west. It forms a number of lakes, of which the two largest are Strzeszyn Lake (Jezioro Strzeszyà Âskie) and Lake Rusaà Âka, both popular bathing spots. From Rusaà Âka the Bogdanka continues (partly underground) to Soà Âacz Park (Park Soà Âacki), through Urbanowo, and then onwards underground to join the Warta.
North of old Jeà ¼yce is Soà Âacz, an area with many large houses and the green areas of Soà Âacz Park. Smaller neighbourhoods in this area include Niestachów, Urbanowo, Wierzbak (a stream called Wierzbak runs underground here, beneath the street Nad Wierzbakiem â "Over the Wierzbak" â to meet the Bogdanka), and Bonin. North of Soà Âacz is the area known as Winiary. Historically the villages of Winiary were in the area of today's Cytadela and southern Winogrady in Stare Miasto district (the names Winiary and Winogrady derive from the vine cultivation that formerly occurred there) â in the 1830s, because of the Prussian authorities' plans to build fortifications there, the inhabitants were moved to the area now called Winiary.
Between Soà Âacz and Rusaà Âka lake is the GolÃÂcin area, with the Olimpia complex of sports facilities (including a tennis venue and motorcycle speedway track), and an army training college to the north. North of these areas are the main voivodeship hospital and a Home Ministry hospital, an industrial area, and then the residential districts of Podolany. West of this is the developing neighbourhood of Strzeszyn, and to the north-west the holiday and leisure complex of Strzeszynek next to Strzeszyn Lake.
In the north-western corner of Jeà ¼yce is Poznaà Â's largest lake, Jezioro Kierskie (Kiekrz Lake), used especially for sailing. North of the lake is the neighbourhood of Kiekrz (partly forming a village outside the city limits). To the east of Kiekrz is a neighbourhood called Psarskie, and to the south-west, on the western side of the lake, is Wielkie, the site of a former State Agricultural Farm.
Other sites of interest in Jeà ¼yce include Poznaà Â's Old Zoo close to the city centre (from which many animals have now been moved to the New Zoo in Nowe Miasto), the tram station on ul. Gajowa, the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Florian (in old Jeà ¼yce on Koscielna Street), the Wola horse racing track, and the Tor Poznaà  motor racing track west of the airport.
Trams run through old Jeà ¼yce to Ogrody, and through Soà Âacz to Winiary. The railway line running north-west from central Poznaà  passes north of old Jeà ¼yce, dividing into two branches â the line to Pià Âa, which has a station called Poznaà  Streszyn between Podolany and Strzeszyn, and the more westerly line to Szczecin, which has the stations Poznaà  Wola and Poznaà  Kiekrz. Part of Poznaà Â's northern relief line, used for freight transportation, also passes through the district, joining the Szczecin line close to Kiekrz.
The old neighbourhood of Jeà ¼yce was a separate village until the expansion of the city's boundaries in 1900 (when the region was still under Prussian rule). Soà Âacz was added in 1907. GolÃÂcin and south-eastern Podolany became part of the city in 1933, during the Second Polish Republic. Most of the remainder of the district, including à Âawica and Strzeszyn, was incorporated into the city during the expansions carried out under Nazi occupation in 1940âÂÂ1942. Names used for parts of the district under German occupation include Jersitz (Jeà ¼yce), Golnau (GolÃÂcin), Sedan (Strzeszynek) and Steineck (à Âawica).
Kiekrz Lake, together with the neighbourhoods of Kiekrz and Wielkie on its northern edge, were brought within Poznaà Â's city boundaries in 1987.
Jeà ¼yce gave its name to the popular book series by Maà Âgorzata Musierowicz, Jeà ¼ycjada. The term was coined by professor Zbigniew Raszewski, himself a series' fan, as a tribute to the Homer's Iliad (Iliada in Polish). The main characters of the series â Borejko family â live in tenement number 5 on Roosevelt's Street in said district. While the characters are fictional, most of the places in the books are real (not excluding the tenement, which is often visited by the books' fans).