Barcin

For the village in Turkey, see Barcın, Yenişehir.

Barcin [ˈbart͡ɕin] is a town in central Poland, in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Żnin County. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 7,255.^[2]

Barcin
Barcin - Noteć river
Flag Coat of arms
Barcin
Coordinates: 52°51′N 17°57′E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Kuyavian-Pomeranian
County	Żnin
Gmina	Barcin
Established	12th century
Government
• Mayor	Michał Pęziak
Area [1]
• Total	3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population  (31 December 2021)[2][3]
• Total	7,255
• Density	1,961/km2 (5,080/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	88-190, 88-193
Area code	+48 52
Vehicle registration	CZN
Voivodeship roads
Website	http://www.barcin.pl

History

Rynek (Market Square)

Barcin was founded in the 12th century, when it was part of Piast-ruled Poland. In 1472 it was granted privileges, which established local fairs. In the following centuries, it was a private town, administratively located in the Kcynia County in the Kalisz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province.^[4]

Following the joint German-Soviet invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, the town was invaded and then occupied by Germany. Barcin was one of the sites of executions of Poles carried out by Germany in 1939 as part of the Intelligenzaktion.^[5] Three Poles who were either born or lived in Barcin were also murdered by the Russians in the large Katyn massacre in April–May 1940.^[6] In 1943, the Germans renamed the town Bartelstädt to erase traces of Polish origin, however the historic name was restored after the German occupation ended in 1945.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1910 1,586 —     1921 1,628 +2.6% 1931 2,098 +28.9% 1939 2,394 +14.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1950 1,955 −18.3% 1960 2,504 +28.1% 2010 7,702 +207.6%
Source: [7][8][9]

References

1. "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-08-30. Category K1, group G441, subgroup P1410. Data for territorial unit 0419014.
2. "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-08-30. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P1336. Data for territorial unit 0419014.
3. "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 2022-08-30. Category K3, group G7, subgroup P2425. Data for territorial unit 0419014.
4. Atlas historyczny Polski. Wielkopolska w drugiej połowie XVI wieku. Część I. Mapy, plany (in Polish). Warszawa: Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 2017. p. 1b.
5. The Pomeranian Crime 1939. Warsaw: IPN. 2018. p. 39.
6. Joanna Bejma. "Jest tablica, są dęby. Tak barcinianie pamiętają o ofiarach Katynia [zdjęcia]". Gazeta Pomorska (in Polish). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
7. Wiadomości Statystyczne Głównego Urzędu Statystycznego (in Polish). Vol. X. Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 1932. p. 201.
8. Dokumentacja Geograficzna (in Polish). Vol. 3/4. Warszawa: Instytut Geografii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1967. p. 1.
9. Stan i struktura ludności oraz ruch naturalny w przekroju terytorialnym w 2010 r. (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. 2011. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011.

External links

• Official website (in Polish)
• Jewish community of Barcin on Virtual Shtetl