Kalisz Region

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| image1 = Bazylika w Kaliszu. Widok z wieży ratusza.jpg{{!}}Kalisz Old Town

| image2 = SM Konin Kościół św Bartłomieja (7) ID 651687.jpg{{!}}Saint Bartholomew church in Konin

| image3 = SM Ostrów Wielkopolski Ratusz 2022 (3754).jpg{{!}}Market Square and Town Hall in Ostrów Wielkopolski

| image4 = SM Krotoszyn Ratusz 2019 (5).jpg{{!}}Market Square and Town Hall in Krotoszyn

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Kalisz Region ({{langx|pl|Kaliskie}}) is a historical and ethnographical region in central Poland, located mainly in the Greater Poland Lakes Area and South Greater Poland Plain. It forms the eastern part of the historic region of Greater Poland.

Kalisz Region encompasses the area of the former Kalisz Voivodeship, south of Lake Gopło as well as Wieluń Land. In the north it borders Kuyavia, in the south it borders Lower Silesia, in the west it borders Poznań Region and in the east it borders with Sieradz Land and Lęczyca Land.Sobański M., Kalisz i ziemia kaliska, Warszawa 1954, s. 7–11{{Cite web|url=https://histmag.org/krainy-historyczne-w-polsce-10-faktow-ktore-warto-poznac-13225/1|title=Krainy historyczne w Polsce – 10 faktów, które warto poznać [MAPY]|last=|first=|date=2016-10-27|website=histmag.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-25}}

The largest city of the region is Kalisz, other large towns include: Konin, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Jarocin, Koło, Krotoszyn, Września, Kępno, Środa Wielkopolska, Pleszew and Zagórów.

Kalisz Region is inhabited by an ethnographical group called Kaliszanie.

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