# Chodecz

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**Chodecz** /hodecz/ is a town in [Włocławek County](/source/W%C5%82oc%C5%82awek_County) in the [Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship](/source/Kuyavian-Pomeranian_Voivodeship) in central [Poland](/source/Poland). It is situated in the historic region of [Kuyavia](/source/Kuyavia), midway between [Lubień Kujawski](/source/Lubie%C5%84_Kujawski) and [Przedecz](/source/Przedecz). It is about 75 km (47 mi) north of [Łódź](/source/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA), 150 km (93 mi) west of [Warsaw](/source/Warsaw) and 28 km (17 mi) south of [Włocławek](/source/W%C5%82oc%C5%82awek). The southwest side of Chodecz borders on Lake Chodeckie. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,244.[1]

## History

Chodecz was granted [town rights](/source/Town_rights) in 1442.[2] It was a [private town](/source/Private_town), administratively located in the Przedecz County in the [Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship](/source/Brze%C5%9B%C4%87_Kujawski_Voivodeship) in the [Greater Poland Province](/source/Greater_Poland_Province_of_the_Polish_Crown) of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] In 1544 King [Sigismund I the Old](/source/Sigismund_I_the_Old) established four annual [fairs](/source/Fair) in Chodecz, and in 1666 King [John II Casimir Vasa](/source/John_II_Casimir_Vasa) established a fifth fair.[4]

Following the [Third Partition of Poland](/source/Third_Partition_of_Poland) in 1795, the town was annexed by [Prussia](/source/Kingdom_of_Prussia). After 1800 town rights were revoked.[2] In 1807, Chodecz was regained by Poles and included in the short-lived [Duchy of Warsaw](/source/Duchy_of_Warsaw). After the duchy's dissolution in 1815, the town passed to the [Russian Partition](/source/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](/source/January_Uprising).[2] In 1918, Poland regained independence and control of Chodecz. In 1921, town rights were restored.[2]

During the [German occupation](/source/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)) ([World War II](/source/World_War_II)), the town was renamed *Godetz*.

## Demographics

Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:[1]

Description All Women Men Unit person percentage person percentage person percentage Population 2244 100 1169 52.1% 1075 47.9% Population density 1614.4 841.0 773.4

### Number of inhabitants by year

Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,685 — 1931 1,824 +8.2% 1946 1,551 −15.0% 1995 1,899 +22.4% 2000 1,960 +3.2% 2005 1,953 −0.4% 2010 1,927 −1.3% 2015 1,896 −1.6% 2020 1,826 −3.7%

[5][6][7][1]

## Sights

- [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture_in_Poland) Saint Dominic church from 1849 to 1850, Gothic Revival
- Cemetery with the late [Baroque](/source/Baroque_in_Poland) St. James Chapel from 1799, columbarium and the house brothers hospital
- Monument to [Tadeusz Kościuszko](/source/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko) at the main square

## Transport

Chodecz lies along voivodeship road 269 which connects it to [Kowal](/source/Kowal_(town)) to the north-east and to [Sompolno](/source/Sompolno) to the west.

The nearest railway station is Kaliska Kujawskie.

## References

1. ["Local Data Bank"](https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/BDL/dane/teryt/jednostka). Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-06-03. Data for territorial unit 0418064.

1. Krzysztofik, Robert (2007). *Lokacje miejskie na obszarze Polski. Dokumentacja geograficzno-historyczna* (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo [Uniwersytetu Śląskiego](/source/Uniwersytet_%C5%9Al%C4%85ski). pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-83-226-1616-1.

1. *Atlas historyczny Polski. Kujawy i ziemia dobrzyńska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany* (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii [Polskiej Akademii Nauk](/source/Polish_Academy_of_Sciences). 2021. p. 1.

1. *Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom I* (in Polish). Warszawa. 1880. p. 605.

1. *Skorowidz miejscowości Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej* (in Polish). Vol. I. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1925. p. 197.

1. *Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego* (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 201.

1. Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 403

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