Jarocin
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Greater Poland | ||
| County | Jarocin County | ||
| Gmina | Gmina Jarocin | ||
| Established | 13th century | ||
| Town rights | 1257 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Adam Michał Pawlicki | ||
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| - Total | 14.44 km² (5.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 25,834 | ||
| - Density | 1,789.1/km² (4,633.6/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 63-200 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 62 | ||
| Car plates | PJA | ||
| Website: http://www.jarocin.pl/ | |||
Jarocin [jaˈrɔt͡ɕin] (German: Jarotschin) is a town in central Poland with 25,700 inhabitants (1995). It is situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Kalisz Voivodeship (1975-1998).
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[edit] Jarocin Festival
The town became famous in the 1980s thanks to the Jarocin Festival, one of the first rock and punk music festivals in (then under the communist rule) Eastern Bloc countries. The first one was organised in 1980.
[edit] Education
[edit] Famous people
- Eduard Lasker
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- Stanisław Taczak, Polish general and commander-in-chief of the Great Poland Uprising (1918-1919) - born on 8 April 1874 in Mieszków near Jarocin
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