Chodecz

Chodecz is a town in Włocławek County in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland. It is situated midway between Lubień Kujawski and Przedecz. It is about 75 km north of Łódź, 150 km west of Warsaw and 28 km south of Włocławek. The southwest side of Chodecz borders on Lake Chodeckie. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 2,244.

History
Chodecz was a private town, administratively located in the Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1544 King Sigismund I the Old established four annual fairs in Chodecz, and in 1666 King John II Casimir Vasa established a fifth fair.

During the German occupation (World War II), the town was renamed Godetz.

Demographics
Detailed data as of 31 December 2021:

Landmarks

 * parish church; Dominic from 1849 to 1850, Gothic
 * cemetery complex of buildings, which includes: Chapel St. James from 1799, late Baroque, columbarium and the house brothers hospital