City Close-up: Poznan

   Poznan

   Total population: 576,900

   Total area: 261.3 square kilometers

   Unemployement rate: 2.6%

   Average monthly salary: zl. 2,029

    Airport: Poznan Lawica

   Flight to: Warsaw, Copenhagen, Brussels, Hanover, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Dresden

   Train connection to Warsaw: 15 per day (2:45-3:30 hours)

    Wielkopolskie province

    (Wojewodztwo Wielkopolskie)

   Total area: 22,826 square meters

    (9.5% of Poland)

   Population: 3.35 million

    (8.7% of Poland)

   Unemployment: 8%

    (December 1999)

   Multinationals companies production in Poznan: Alcatel, Bestfoods, Beiersdorf-Lechia, Dan Cake, GlaxoSmithKline, Wrigley, Reemtsma, Volkswagen, Neste

   National Companies headquartered

    in Poznan: Polmos Poznan, H. Cegielski, Centra, POZ-Building, Pozmeat, Neoplan

   Major retail centers: ETC, M1, Ikea, Makro Cash & Carry, TTWS Dom I Ogrod, Castorama, Hit Auchan, Tesco

   Major hotels operated by national chains: Orbis, Ibis

    City hall

    Pl. Kolegiacki 17,

    61-841 Poznan

    Tel. (61) 852-7281/Fax (61) 852-9275

    www.poznan.pl (http://www.poznan.pl)

   Mayor

    Ryszard Grobelny

    Tel. (61) 852-2168/Fax (61) 852-9275

   Department of Economic Promotion

    Lech Langowski

    Tel. (61) 852-1947/Fax (61) 852-7686

   Department of Urban Planning and Architecture

    Krzysztof Urbaniak

    Tel. (61) 852-0534

   Department of Coordination of Development

    Janusz Meissner

    Tel. (61) 852-6769

    Property and construction market

   Total modern office space: 33,500 square meters (in 2001)

   Total modern retail space: 210,000-220,000 square meters

   Total modern warehousing space: 64,000 square meters

   Number of new apartments built in 1999: 2,183