Katowice urban area
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The Katowice urban area (Polish: Konurbacja katowicka, pronounced [kɔnurˈbat͡sja katɔˈvit͡ska]), also known as the Upper Silesian urban area (Polish: Konurbacja górnośląska, pronounced [kɔnurˈbat͡sja ɡurnɔˈɕlɔ̃ska]), 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 (a population of between 3 million and 3.5 million) and is part of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, which has a population of 5,294,000 people.[1] Also this is part of Upper Silesian metropolitan region (Katowice-Kraków metropolitan region), which has a population of about 7 million with among others Kraków metropolitan area. [citation needed]
Alternative names
English: Katowice conurbation, Upper Silesian conurbation, Upper Silesian urban area.
Polish: konurbacja katowicka, konurbacja górnośląska, konurbacja śląska, aglomeracja katowicka, aglomeracja górnośląska. [citation needed]
Statistics
There are given differing population numbers in different sources.
- 1,726,000 – according to Demographia (April 2020). Labeled as 21st largest urban area in the European Union.[2]
- 2,700,000 – according to Metropolis.pl[3]
- 2,746,000 – according to the scientific description by Tadeusz Markowski.[4]
- 2,733,000 (2,928,000 – counting the whole powiats adjacent to the city) – according to the scientific description by Paweł Swianiewicz and Urszula Klimska.[5]
- 2,775,000 – according to citypopulation.de.[6]
- 2,764,971 – number of inhabitants resident in 42 adjacent cities and towns in the conurbation, in an area of 2,411 km2, population density: 1,146.82/km2 (2,970.2/sq mi) (1 January 2008) – on the basis of data from the Central Statistical Office in Poland.[7]
- 2,746,460 – according to the Eurostat. Markered as 13th largest urban zone in Europe.[8]
- 2,886,700 – according to the scientific description by Kazimierz Fiedorowicz and Jacek Fiedorowicz.[9]
- 3,029,000 – according to the European Spatial Planning Observation Network. Markered as 13th largest metropolitan area in European Union and also 6th polycentric metropolitan area in EU.[1]
- 3,069,000 – according to the United Nations.[10]
- 3,239,200 – according to the Ministry of Regional Development of Poland[11]
- 3,450,141 – according to Eurostat[12]
- 3,488,000 – according to www.worldatlas.com.[13]
- 3,500,000 – according to PWN Encyclopedia.[14][15]
- 3,500,000 – according to the scientific description by Jerzy Parysek and Alexander Tölle.[16]
Administration of urban area
Adjacent cities and statistics (1 January 2008):[7]
City | Population | Area (km2) | Density (km−2) |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Rybnik | 141,080 | 148.36 | 951 |
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 |
Jastrzębie-Zdrój | 93,939 | 85.34 | 1,101 |
Mysłowice | 74,912 | 65.75 | 1,139 |
Siemianowice Śląskie | 71,621 | 25.5 | 2,809 |
Żory | 62,008 | 64.59 | 960 |
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 |
Wodzisław Śląski | 49,132 | 49.51 | 992 |
Oświęcim | 40,520 | 30.00 | 1,351 |
Chrzanów | 39,452 | 38.32 | 1,030 |
Knurów | 39,449 | 33.95 | 1,162 |
Mikołów | 38,698 | 79.20 | 489 |
Czeladź | 34,072 | 16.38 | 2,080 |
Czerwionka-Leszczyny | 28,329 | 37.63 | 753 |
Łaziska Górne | 21,942 | 20.07 | 1,093 |
Rydułtowy | 21,915 | 14.95 | 1,466 |
Trzebinia | 20,128 | 31.94 | 630 |
Bieruń | 19,464 | 40.67 | 479 |
Pyskowice | 19,104 | 30.89 | 618 |
Orzesze | 18,907 | 83.79 | 226 |
Radlin | 17,711 | 12.53 | 1,413 |
Libiąż | 17,487 | 35.85 | 488 |
Radzionków | 17,163 | 13.20 | 1,300 |
Lędziny | 16,262 | 31.48 | 517 |
Pszów | 14,011 | 20.44 | 685 |
Wojkowice | 9,368 | 12.79 | 732 |
Chełmek | 9,079 | 8.27 | 1,098 |
Kalety | 8,780 | 56.00 | 128 |
Imielin | 8,010 | 28.00 | 286 |
Miasteczko Śląskie | 7,347 | 67.83 | 108 |
Sławków | 6,866 | 36.67 | 187 |
Total | 2,773,751 | 2,467.74 | 1,146 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine - European Spatial Planning Observation Network, 2007
- ^ Demographia.com – World Urban Areas, 2012
- ^ (in English) "Investment areas in the Silesian Agglomeration" Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine - Metropolis.pl, Katowice 2006
- ^ (in Polish) Funkcje Metropolitalne Pięciu Stolic Województw Wschodnich Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Polish) "Społeczne i polityczne zróżnicowanie aglomeracji w Polsce" – Paweł Swianiewicz, Urszula Klimska Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine; University of Warsaw 2005
- ^ "The Principal Agglomerations of the World" - citypopulation.de
- ^ a b (in Polish and English) Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 Archived 2009-04-07 at the Wayback Machine – Central Statistical Office in Poland
- ^ "CityProfiles: Katowice". The Urban Audit. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ "The Influence of a Metropolis on Regional Development in Poland" - Kazimierz Fiedorowicz, Jacek Fiedorowicz; Częstochowa University of Technology
- ^ World Urbanization Prospects, Urban Agglomerations 2003 – United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Population Division, The 2003 Revision
- ^ (in Polish) "Koncepcja przestrzennego zagospodarowania kraju" Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine – Ministry of Regional Development, 2003
- ^ "Population by sex and age groups on 1 January" - Eurostat, 2012
- ^ www.worldatlas.com
- ^ article about Upper Silesian Industrial Region coinciding with the Katowice urban area
- ^ (in Polish) "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - PWN Encyclopedia
- ^ "Wybrane problemy rozwoju i rewitalizacji miast: aspekty poznawcze i praktyczne" - Jerzy Parysek and Alexander Tölle, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 2008, p. 34-35, ISBN 978-83-61320-33-3