Katowice urban area


The Katowice urban area, also known as the Upper Silesian urban area, is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship and in a small part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and one of the largest in the European Union.
Its population is about 2.7 million. The Katowice urban area covers the majority of the population and area of the Katowice metropolitan area and is part of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, which has a population of 5,294,000 people. Also this is part of Upper Silesian metropolitan region, which has a population of about 7 million with among others Kraków metropolitan area.

Alternative names

Katowice conurbation, Upper Silesian conurbation, Upper Silesian urban area.

konurbacja katowicka, konurbacja górnośląska, konurbacja śląska, aglomeracja katowicka, aglomeracja górnośląska.

Statistics

There are given differing population numbers in different sources.
Adjacent cities and statistics :
CityPopulationArea Density
Katowice
Sosnowiec
Gliwice
Zabrze
Bytom
Ruda Śląska
Rybnik
Tychy
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Chorzów
Jaworzno
Jastrzębie-Zdrój
Mysłowice
Siemianowice Śląskie
Żory
Tarnowskie Góry
Piekary Śląskie
Będzin
Świętochłowice
Wodzisław Śląski
Oświęcim
Chrzanów
Knurów
Mikołów
Czeladź
Czerwionka-Leszczyny
Łaziska Górne
Rydułtowy
Trzebinia
Bieruń
Pyskowice
Orzesze
Radlin
Libiąż
Radzionków
Lędziny
Pszów
Wojkowice
Chełmek
Kalety
Imielin
Miasteczko Śląskie
Sławków
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