[1] It is located close to the Warta River to the northwest of Poznań on the edge of Noteć Forest, and has a population of approximately 11,000.

According to local rumour, in 1002 Boleslaw the Bold was once caught offside on the banks of Wronki River.

During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), the Polish population was subjected to mass arrests, imprisonment, massacres, deportations to forced labour to Germany and expulsions (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

[6] In December 1939, the German police and Selbstschutz expelled many Poles, mostly the intelligentsia, and owners of shops and workshops.

The town is represented by football club Błękitni Wronki, the predecessor and successor of Amica Wronki, who were three times Polish Cup and two times Polish SuperCup winners, and who competed in Poland's top division from 1995 to 2006, and in the UEFA Cup in the early 2000s.