Katowice urban area

Silesian conurbation and largest urban area in Poland

This article is about the geographic urban area. For the wider metropolitan area to which it belongs, see Katowice metropolitan area. For the political and economic association of local municipalities, see Metropolis GZM. For the industrial region, see Upper Silesian Industrial Region.

Urban area in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Katowice urban area

konurbacja katowicka (Polish)

Urban area

* From top, left to right: KTW buildings in Katowice
* Plac Stulecia (Centennial Square) in Sosnowiec
* Market Square and City Hall in Gliwice
* Market Square in Bytom

Map of Katowice urban area (in light yellow) and its metropolitan area (in light grey). Parts of Rybnik metropolitan area also visible in the bottom-left corner.

Katowice urban area

Location in Poland

Coordinates: 50°15′N 19°00′E﻿ / ﻿50.250°N 19.000°E﻿ / 50.250; 19.000
Country| Poland
Voivodeship| Silesian Voivodeship
Largest city| Katowice
Government

• Body| Metropolis GZM
Area

• Urban

[1]

| 1,468 km2 (567 sq mi)
• Metro

[2]

| 2,949 km2 (1,139 sq mi)
Population

(2023)

• Urban

[3]

| 1,903,000
• Urban density| 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
• Metro

[4]

| 2,535,354
• Metro density| 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
GDP

[5]

• Metro| €44.570 billion (2021)
Primary airport| Katowice Airport
Highways|
Aerial view of the central part of the urban area. Intertwined built-up area of the cities of Katowice, Chorzów and Świętochłowice. Allotment gardens on the outskirts of the city of Ruda Śląska visible in the far background. Map of the area from early 20th century.

The Katowice urban area (Polish: Konurbacja katowicka, pronounced [kɔnurˈbat͡sja katɔˈvit͡ska]), also known as the Upper Silesian urban area (Konurbacja górnośląska, [kɔnurˈbat͡sja ɡurnɔˈɕlɔ̃ska]), is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and 22nd largest urban area in the European Union. According to Demographia, its population is 1,903,000 (August 2023).[3]

## Alternative names

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English: Katowice conurbation,[6][7] Upper Silesian conurbation,[8][9][10][11] Upper Silesian urban area[12][13].
Polish: konurbacja katowicka,[14] konurbacja górnośląska,[15][16] konurbacja śląska,[17] konurbacja śląsko-dąbrowska,[18][19] aglomeracja katowicka,[20] aglomeracja górnośląska[21][22][23][24].

## Administration of urban area

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Map of cities and towns of Katowice urban area according to Statistics Poland.

In the years 2008–2017, the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia encompassed the 14 cities with powiat rights of the urban area. In 2017, it was replaced by the Metropolis GZM, however, the latter includes a total of 41 gminas of the wider Katowice metropolitan area, and doesn't include Jaworzno due to political reasons.

According to Statistics Poland, the Katowice urban area consists of 19 bordering cities in the Silesian Voivodeship: Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Jaworzno, Katowice, Knurów, Mikołów, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, Sosnowiec, Tychy, Tarnowskie Góry, and Zabrze.[1]

The cities and statistics (1 January 2008):[25]

City | Population | Area (km2) | Density (km−2)

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Katowice | 312,201 | 164.67 | 1,896
Sosnowiec | 222,586 | 91.06 | 2,444
Gliwice | 197,393 | 133.88 | 1,474
Zabrze | 189,062 | 80.40 | 2,352
Bytom | 184,765 | 69.44 | 2,661
Ruda Śląska | 144,584 | 77.73 | 1,860
Tychy | 129,776 | 81.64 | 1,590
Dąbrowa Górnicza | 128,795 | 188.73 | 682
Chorzów | 113,678 | 33.24 | 3,420
Jaworzno | 95,520 | 152.67 | 626
Mysłowice | 74,912 | 65.75 | 1,139
Siemianowice Śląskie | 71,621 | 25.5 | 2,809
Tarnowskie Góry | 60,975 | 83.72 | 728
Piekary Śląskie | 59,061 | 39.98 | 1,477
Będzin | 58,639 | 37.37 | 1,569
Świętochłowice | 54,525 | 13.31 | 4,097
Knurów | 39,449 | 33.95 | 1,162
Mikołów | 38,698 | 79.20 | 489
Czeladź | 34,072 | 16.38 | 2,080
Total | 2,124,344 | 1,443.12 | 1,472

## See also

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* Metropolis GZM
* Upper Silesian Industrial Region
* Upper Silesian Coal Basin
* Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area

## References

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19. ^ "Zagłębiacy czują się przytłumieni przez "śląskość"". zaglebie.info/. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
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EP constituencies|

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Economy

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* Katowice urban area
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Industry|

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