{{Infobox settlement | name = Chodecz | image_skyline = Kościół w Chodczu widok od strony ulicy HWsnajper.JPG | image_caption = Saint Dominic church in Chodecz | image_flag = POL Chodecz flag.svg | image_shield = POL Chodecz COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | coordinates = {{coord|52|24|N|19|02|E|region:PL_type:city|display=title,inline}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship | subdivision_name1 = Kuyavian-Pomeranian | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Włocławek | subdivision_type3 = Gmina | subdivision_name3 = Chodecz | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jarosław Grabczyński | established_title = Town rights | established_date = 1442-1800, 1822-1870, 1921 | area_total_km2 = 1.39 | population_as_of = 31 December 2021<ref name="population">{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=2022-06-03|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 0418064.</ref> | population_total = 2244 | population_density_km2 = auto | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 87-860 | area_code = +48 54 | registration_plate = CWL | blank1_name_sec2 = Voivodeship roads | blank1_info_sec2 = 32px | website = http://www.chodecz.pl }} '''Chodecz''' {{IPAc-pl|'|h|o|d|e|cz}} is a town in Włocławek County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland.{{TERYT}} It is situated in the historic region of Kuyavia, midway between Lubień Kujawski and Przedecz. It is about {{convert|75|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Łódź, {{convert|150|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Warsaw and {{convert|28|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Włocławek. The southwest side of Chodecz borders on Lake Chodeckie. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,244.<ref name = population />
==History== thumb|left|Chodecz in 1936 Chodecz was granted town rights in 1442.<ref name=rk>{{cite book|last=Krzysztofik|first=Robert|title=Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna|year=2007|location=Katowice|publisher=Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego|language=pl|pages=24–25|isbn=978-83-226-1616-1}}</ref> It was a private town, administratively located in the Przedecz County in the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Atlas historyczny Polski. Kujawy i ziemia dobrzyńska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany|year=2021|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk|page=1}}</ref> In 1544 King Sigismund I the Old established four annual fairs in Chodecz, and in 1666 King John II Casimir Vasa established a fifth fair.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I|year=1880|language=pl|location=Warszawa|page=605}}</ref>
Following the Third Partition of Poland in 1795, the town was annexed by Prussia. After 1800 town rights were revoked.<ref name=rk/> In 1807, Chodecz was regained by Poles and included in the short-lived Duchy of Warsaw. After the duchy's dissolution in 1815, the town passed to the Russian Partition of Poland. In 1822, town rights were restored, although they were once again revoked in 1870 as punishment for the unsuccessful Polish January Uprising.<ref name=rk/> In 1918, Poland regained independence and control of Chodecz. In 1921, town rights were restored.<ref name=rk/>
During the German occupation (World War II), the town was renamed ''Godetz''. {{clear|left}}
==Demographics== Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:<ref name = population /> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" !Description|| colspan=2|All || colspan=2|Women || colspan=2|Men |- |Unit || person || percentage || person || percentage|| person || percentage |-- |Population || '''2244''' || 100 || 1169 || 52.1% || 1075 || 47.9% |-- |Population density || colspan=2| 1614.4|| colspan=2| 841.0|| colspan=2| 773.4 |}
===Number of inhabitants by year=== {{Historical populations|align=left|cols=2|1921|1685|1931|1824|1946|1551|1995|1899|2000|1960|2005|1953|2010|1927|2015|1896|2020|1826 |source=<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|volume=I|year=1925|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=197}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego|volume=X|year=1932|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=Główny Urząd Statystyczny|page=201}}</ref><ref>Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 403</ref><ref name = population />}} {{clear|left}}
==Sights== * Gothic Revival Saint Dominic church from 1849 to 1850, Gothic Revival * Cemetery with the late Baroque St. James Chapel from 1799, columbarium and the house brothers hospital * Monument to Tadeusz Kościuszko at the main square
==Transport== Chodecz lies along voivodeship road 269 which connects it to Kowal to the north-east and to Sompolno to the west.
The nearest railway station is Kaliska Kujawskie.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Gmina Chodecz}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Cities and towns in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Category:Populated lakeshore places in Poland Category:Włocławek County