  ÅÄczyca  (in full the royal town of ÅÄczyca; ; ; ) is a town of 16,594 inhabitants (as of 2004) in central poland. situated in the ÅÃ³dÅº voivodeship, it is the county seat of the ÅÄczyca county. == origin of the name == the town was probably named after a slavic tribe called leczanie, which inhabited central poland in the early middle ages. some scholars however claim that the town was named after an old polish word leg or luk, which means a swampy plain. in mediaeval latin documents, ÅÄczyca is called lonsin, lucic, lunciz, lantsiza, loncizia, lonsitia and lunchicia. in the early 12th century, gallus anonymus called ÅÄczyca âlucicâ, and in 1154, arab geographer muhammad al-idrisi named it nugrada, placing it among other main towns of the kingdom of poland, such as krakÃ³w, sieradz, gniezno, wrocÅaw and santok. == location == ÅÄczyca lies in the middle of the county, and has the area of . in the past, the town was the capital of the land of ÅÄczyca, which was later turned into ÅÄczyca voivodeship. in the second polish republic and in 1945 - 1975, ÅÄczyca belonged to lodz voivodeship. in 1975-1998, it was part of plock voivodeship. the geometric centre of poland is located near ÅÄczyca. == history ==  ÅÄczyca is one of the oldest polish cities, mentioned in the 12th century. it was the place of the first recorded meeting of sejm, the polish parliament in 1182. in 12
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