Wielki Buczek is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lipka, within Z otów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Lipka, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Z otów, and 118 km (73 mi) north of the regional capital Pozna .Before 1945 the area was part of Germany. The village has a population of 290. 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 (sometimes tens of thousands).