Jarocin, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland


🇵🇱 Jarocin is a town in west-central Poland, the administrative capital of Jarocin County in Greater Poland Voivodeship.

Jarocin is a historical town, having been founded and granted city rights in the 13th century. The marketplace features a Ratusz town hall built between 1799 and 1804, which is now home to the Jarocin Regional Museum.

The town also became famous in the 1980s thanks to the Jarocin Festival, one of the first rock-punk music festivals of the former Warsaw Pact and in Europe. The first event was organised in 1980.

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Jarocin has a population of over 25,700 people. Jarocin also forms the centre of the wider Jarocin County which has a population of over 70,390 people.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Jarocin has links with:

🇭🇺 Hatvan, Hungary 🇹🇷 Korkuteli, Turkey 🇫🇷 Libercourt, France 🇺🇦 Oleksandriia, Ukraine 🇩🇪 Schlüchtern, Germany 🇳🇱 Veldhoven, Netherlands
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