Bagdad, Poland
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Bagdad ' is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in the administrative district of Gmina Wyrzysk
Gmina Wyrzysk
Gmina Wyrzysk is an urban-rural gmina in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. Its seat is the town of Wyrzysk, which lies approximately east of Piła and north of the regional capital Poznań....

, within Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Wielkopolska Voivodeship , or Greater Poland Voivodeship, is a voivodeship, or province, in west-central Poland. It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Poznań, Kalisz, Konin, Piła and Leszno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998...

, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Wyrzysk
Wyrzysk
Wyrzysk is a town in Poland with 5,263 inhabitants, situated in Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship.- Geographic location of municipal-rural community of Wyrzysk:...

, 39 km (24 mi) east of Piła, and 90 km (56 mi) north of the regional capital Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

. In 2006 the village had a population of 120.

Formerly, before World War II
World War II
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, Bagdad was a farm and belonged to Mieczysław Chłapowski, a Polish landlord and politician. The village currently has a manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 (Gothic Revival architecture
Gothic Revival architecture
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 style), and a stud farm
Stud farm
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