Editing Piła (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Piła
| image_skyline            = {{Photomontage
  |color=#ffffff
  | photo1a = Piła Offizier Kasino.jpg{{!}}Former officers' mess
  | photo1b = PL Piła Dom.JPG{{!}}Birthplace and Museum of Stanisław Staszic
  | photo2a = PL Piła KosciolswRodziny.JPG{{!}}Holy Family church
  | photo2b = Dom strzelecki.jpg{{!}}''Park'' Pension
  | photo3b = Piła Główna.jpg{{!}}Piła Główna
  | spacing = 2
  | border = 0
  | size = 260
}}
| imagesize                = 250px
| image_caption            = {{hlist|From top, left to right: Former officers' mess|Birthplace and Museum of [[Stanisław Staszic]]|Holy Family church|''Park'' Pension|Piła Główna}}
| image_flag               = POL Piła flag.svg
| image_shield             = POL Piła COA 1.svg
| pushpin_map              = Poland Greater Poland Voivodeship#Poland
| pushpin_label_position   = bottom
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1        = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Greater Poland Voivodeship|name=Greater Poland}}
| subdivision_type2        = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Piła County]]
| subdivision_type3        = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3        = Piła <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_party             = nonpartisan/[[Civic Coalition (Poland)|KO]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Beata Dudzińska
| established_title        = Established
| established_date         = 14th century
| established_title3       = Town rights
| established_date3        = before 1449
| elevation_min_m          = 50
| elevation_max_m          = 134
| area_total_km2           = 103
| population_as_of         = 31 December 2021
| population_total         = 71,846 {{decrease}}<ref name="population">{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=14 August 2022|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 3019011.</ref>
| timezone                 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset               = +1
| timezone_DST             = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST           = +2
| coordinates              = {{coord|53|9|N|16|44|E|region:PL|display=it}}
| postal_code_type         = Postal code
| postal_code              = 64-900, 64-920, 64-931, 64-933 to 64-935, 64-970
| area_code                = +48 067
| blank_name               = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info               = PP
| blank1_name              = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank1_info              = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
| website                  = http://www.pila.pl
}}

'''Piła''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈpiwa|lang|pl-Piła.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Schneidemühl}}) is a city in northwestern [[Poland]] and the capital of [[Piła County]], situated in the [[Greater Poland Voivodeship]]. Its population {{as of|2021|lc=y}} was 71,846,<ref name="population"/> making it the {{awrap|third-largest}} city in the voivodeship after [[Poznań]] and [[Kalisz]] and the largest city in the northern part of [[Greater Poland]].

Founded in the 14th century, Piła was a [[royal city]] of Poland, whose prosperity came from crafts and trade. The city is located on the [[Gwda]] river and is famous for its green areas, parks and dense forests nearby. It is an important road and railway hub, located at the intersection of two main lines: [[Poznań]]–[[Szczecin]] and [[Bydgoszcz]]–[[Krzyż Wielkopolski]]. Piła is the center of light industry, culture and education in northern Greater Poland, and is particularly known for [[motorcycle speedway]] racing.