Konin is located in central Poland. The vicinity of the city has always been an important communication junction connecting the northern to the southern part of the country and the eastern to the western. The 12th century milestone, proudly standing in the old city centre that used to mark halfway between Kalisz and Kruszwica, proves that important trade routes have always run through the city.

Secon part of 20 century brought about a rapid industralisation, which changed the image of a so far agricultural region. In 1950 Konin had 12,145 inhabitants, but 10 years later - 17,638 and in 1970 - 40,744. In 1998, however, the population of the city was more than 83,500 people. Such a rapid population growth also caused a fast area increase. The city absorbed more and more adjacent villages and moved further and further from its historical centre.

At present, the municipal area is 82 square kilometers. The Land Development Plan, accepted in the fifties, led to the creation of two separate parts of the city, divided by the non-urbanized Warta valley. Konin remains an important administration centre: firstly being a voivodship seat from 1975 to January 1 1999, and after this day - when Konin lost the voivodship status - it became a municipal county and the capital of a land county. Thus, the city is a centre of dynamically developing political and social activities for the whole Eastern Wielkopolska and the Wielkopolskie Voivodship.