| Area and location
Location: western Poland, Wielkopolskie Voivodeship (Wielkopolska)
Area (sq km): 261.4
Main road connections: international road A2 (Berlin-Warsaw), north-south route (Gdańsk-Poznań-Wrocław-Prague)
Direct rail connections: with all large cities in Poland and with most of the main railway lines in Europe, including InterCity and EuroCity services
Distances to major cities:
Gdańsk - 296 km
Cracow - 403 km
Łódź - 212 km
Warsaw - 310 km
Wrocław - 178 km
Berlin - 269 km
Bratislava - 680 km
Paris – 1,485 km
Prague - 470 km
Vienna - 984 km
Border crossings (distances):
- to the Czech Republic: Kudowa-Słone (295 km), Jakuszyce (270 km), Cieszyn (400 km)
- to Germany: Świecko (175 km), Kołbaskowo (235 km), Zgorzelec-Jędrzychowice (240 km)
- sea border crossings (ferry terminals): Gdańsk (306 km), Świnoujście (310 km)
- to Russia: Bezledy (410 km)
- to Lithuania: Budzisko (444 km), Ogrodniki (560 km)
- to Belarus: Kuźnica Białostocka (540 km), Kukuryki (490 km), Terespol (495 km)
- to Slovakia: Chyżne (490 km)
International airports: Ławica (6 km from central Poznań), direct connections with Warsaw, Frankfurt on Main, Vienna, Copenhagen, Cologne, Bonn, Munich, London, Hannover, Dortmund/Zurych, Braunschweig, Sharm-el-Sheikh,Hurghada
Other details: Poznań is located on the junction of east-west and north-south transport routes, halfway between Berlin and Warsaw; the motorway A2 from east to west (Świecko-Poznań-Warsaw-Terespol) is now under construction and the Poznań stretch of the motorway functioning as the city's bypass is in use since September 2003. The stretch of the motorway A2 linking Poznań with Konin is in use since November 2004 and the one linking Poznań woth Nowy Tomyśl since October 2004
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