Katowice urban area
{{Short description|Silesian conurbation and largest urban area in Poland}}
{{about|the geographic urban area|the wider metropolitan area to which it belongs|Katowice metropolitan area|the political and economic association of local municipalities|Metropolis GZM|the industrial region|Upper Silesian Industrial Region}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Katowice urban area
| native_name = {{nativename|pl|konurbacja katowicka}}
| settlement_type = Urban area
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
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| photo1a = 2021-10_Katowice .KTW_(2).jpg{{!}}KTW buildings in Katowice, the largest city in the urban area
| photo1b = Sosnowiec Plac 100-lecia.jpg{{!}}Plac Stulecia (Centennial Square) in Sosnowiec, the second largest city in the urban area
| photo2a = Gliwice old town.jpg{{!}}Market Square and City Hall in Gliwice, the third largest city in the urban area
| photo2b = Bytom Rynek 02.jpg{{!}}Market Square in Bytom, the fifth largest city in the urban area
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| image_caption = {{hlist|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}}
| image_map = Katowice_urban_area.svg
| map_caption = 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.
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Poland
| coordinates = {{coord|50|15|N|19|00|E}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Poland
| subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
| subdivision_name1 = Silesian Voivodeship
| subdivision_type2 = Largest city
| subdivision_name2 = Katowice
| governing_body = Metropolis GZM
| area_urban_km2 = 1468
| area_metro_footnotes = [https://studreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_sril_files/430/2012_2_zuzanska.pdf Funkcje metropolitalne w Górnośląskim Obszarze Metropolitalnym] – Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko, {{ISSN|1509-4995}}
| area_metro_km2 = 2949
| population_urban_footnotes = [http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf Demographia.com – World Urban Areas], 19th ANNUAL EDITION, August 2023
| population_urban = 1903000
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| population_metro = 2535354
| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
| population_as_of = 2023
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_title1 = Metro
| demographics1_info1 = €44.570 billion (2021)
| blank_name_sec2 = Primary airport
| blank_info_sec2 = Katowice Airport
| blank1_name_sec2 = Highways
| blank1_info_sec2 = File:A1-PL.svg File:A4-PL.svg File:S1-PL.svg
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File:018 Stadion Slaski, Osiedle Tysiaclecia, Katowice, Poland.jpg, Chorzów and Świętochłowice. Allotment gardens on the outskirts of the city of Ruda Śląska visible in the far background.]]
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The Katowice urban area ({{langx|pl|Konurbacja katowicka}}, {{IPA|pl|kɔnurˈbat͡sja katɔˈvit͡ska|pron}}), also known as the Upper Silesian urban area ({{lang|pl|Konurbacja górnośląska}}, {{IPA|pl|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).
Alternative names
{{langx|en|Katowice conurbation,[http://geobalcanica.org/wp-content/uploads/GBP/2018/GBP.2018.28.pdf Marlena Dyszy: Changes in land usage of rural areas in suburban area of Katowice conurbation]{{cite journal |last1=Spórna |first1=Tomasz |last2=Kantor-Pietraga |first2=Iwona |last3=Krzysztofik |first3=Robert |date=2016-03-20 |title=Trajectories of depopulation and urban shrinkage in the Katowice Conurbation, Poland |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299413193 |language=en |journal=Espace populations sociétés |volume=2015/3-2016/1 |issue=2016 |page=2 |access-date=2024-07-03 |quote=Katowice conurbation, together with the agglomerations of Kraków, Rybnik, Bielsko-Biała and Częstochowa and the agglomeration of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, make up an interstate agglomeration zone}} Upper Silesian conurbation,{{cite book |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926225400/https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/coheter/coheter_en.pdf |date=2004 |isbn=((92-894-0000-0)) |location=Luxembourg |pages=98–101 |publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |title=Interim Territorial Cohesion Report |url=http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/coheter/coheter_en.pdf |access-date=2024-04-15 |url-status=live }}[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271053813_The_Upper-Silesian_conurbation_on_the_path_towards_the_Silesia_metropolis Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko: The Upper-Silesian conurbation on the path towards the “Silesia” metropolis][https://opus.us.edu.pl/info/article/USL406c55598fe14833801903b93b9800bc/ Zuzanna Neuve-Église: Od metropolii podzielonej do metropolii zjednoczonej - kształtowanie się tożsamości instytucji metropolitalnego zarządzania w kontekście relacji miast górnośląskiego obszaru metropolitalnego][https://sj.wne.sggw.pl/pdf/PRS_2015_T15(30)_n4_s180.pdf W. Sroka, B. Pölling: The Potential and Significance of Urban Agriculture on the Basis of the Ruhr Metropolis and the Upper Silesian Metropolis], p. 182, footnote 5. Upper Silesian urban area{{cite web |access-date=2024-05-09 |title=Public Transport |url=https://www.katowice.eu/en/en/expat/transport/public-transport |website=katowice.eu}}{{cite web |access-date=2024-05-09 |title=Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis (Metropolis GZM) |url=https://stat.gov.pl/en/regional-statistics/classification-of-territorial-units/other-territorial-units/gornoslasko-zaglebiowska-metropolis-metropolis-gzm/ |website=Statistics Poland}}}}.
{{langx|pl|konurbacja katowicka,(PDF){{cite book |author=Tadeusz Markowski, Tadeusz Marszał |date=2006 |isbn=83-89693-16-X |location=Warszawa |page=14 |publisher=Polska Akademia Nauk Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju |title=Metropolie Obszary Metropolitalne Metropolizacja - Problemy i pojęcia podstawowe |url=http://www.kpzk.pan.pl/images/stories/pliki/Metropolie_obszary_metropolitalne_metropolizacja.pdf}} konurbacja górnośląska,Krajowa Strategia Rozwoju Regionalnego 2010–2020: Regiony, Miasta, Obszary wiejskie ({{Monitor Polski|2011|36|423}}, s. 1397, 1405, 1472, 1501).Koncepcja Polityki Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju z 2001 r. ({{Monitor Polski|2001|26|432}}, s. 545, 546). konurbacja śląska,{{cite web |access-date=2016-01-17 |archive-date=2016-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428201727/http://www.gzm.org.pl/project/zdjeciaDodatkowe/Delimitacja%20regionu%20GZM%20Silesia.pdf |title=DELIMITACJA REGIONU GÓRNOŚLĄSKO-ZAGŁĘBIOWSKIEJ METROPOLII "SILESIA" |url=http://www.gzm.org.pl/project/zdjeciaDodatkowe/Delimitacja%20regionu%20GZM%20Silesia.pdf |website=Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny}} konurbacja śląsko-dąbrowska,{{cite web |access-date=2011-06-19 |date=2009-04-18 |first=Piotr |last=Bielecki |title=Gdzie jest Zagłębie w przyszłej Metropolii? |url=http://www.zaglebiedabrowskie.org/articles.php?article_id=8 |website=Regionalne Stowarzyszenie „Forum dla Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego”}}{{cite web |access-date=2009-03-08 |archive-date=2009-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303002428/http://www.zaglebie.info/zaglebie-dabrowskie,zaglebiacy-czuja-sie-przytlumieni-przez-slaskosc,10457 |title=Zagłębiacy czują się przytłumieni przez "śląskość" |url=http://www.zaglebie.info/zaglebie-dabrowskie,zaglebiacy-czuja-sie-przytlumieni-przez-slaskosc,10457 |website=zaglebie.info/}} aglomeracja katowicka,{{cite web |title=Przeciwko nazwie "Silesia" lub "Śląska" dla metropolii katowickiej |url=http://wslaskiem.pl/_informator?id=silesia-protest |location=Katowice, Opole, Wrocław |language=pl |date=November 2007}} aglomeracja górnośląska{{cite book |date=2005-09-06 |location=Warszawa |page=94 |publisher=Departament Polityki Regionalnej Ministerstwo Gospodarki i Pracy |title=Narodowa Strategia Rozwoju Regionalnego 2007-2013 (projekt zaakceptowany przez Radę Ministrów 6 września 2005 r.) |url=http://www.nsrr.gov.pl/NR/rdonlyres/F36C4DA8-A738-4BCA-BF37-45903AFDCACA/14584/nsrr_zwp72.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060223035515/http://www.nsrr.gov.pl/NR/rdonlyres/F36C4DA8-A738-4BCA-BF37-45903AFDCACA/14584/nsrr_zwp72.pdf |archive-date=2006-02-23 |access-date=2024-04-15 |url-status=live }}{{cite book |date=2012 |isbn=978-83-7610-359-4 |location=Warszawa |page=26, 192 |publisher=Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego |title=Koncepcja Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju 2030 |url=http://www.mir.gov.pl/rozwoj_regionalny/polityka_przestrzenna/kpzk/strony/koncepcja_przestrzennego_zagospodarowania_kraju.aspx |archive-date=2014-10-17 |access-date=2024-04-15 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141017174226/http://www.mir.gov.pl/rozwoj_regionalny/polityka_przestrzenna/kpzk/strony/koncepcja_przestrzennego_zagospodarowania_kraju.aspx |url-status=bot: unknown }}[http://bip.slaskie.pl/?grupa=40&id=70 Plan Zagospodarowania Przestrzennego Województwa Śląskiego]. Katowice: Urząd Marszałkowski Woj. Śląskiego, 2004-06-21, s. 16–19, 22 (Dz. Urz. Woj. Śląskiego z 2004 r., Nr 68, poz. 2049).{{cite book |date=2005-09-06 |location=Warszawa |page=81 |publisher=Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego |title=Narodowy Plan Rozwoju 2007-2013 (dokument przyjęty przez Radę Ministrów 6.09.2005) |url=http://www.funduszestrukturalne.gov.pl/informator/npr2/npr.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060227075044/http://www.funduszestrukturalne.gov.pl/informator/npr2/npr.htm |archive-date=2006-02-27 |access-date=2024-04-15 |url-status=live }}}}.
Administration of urban area
File:Konurbacja górnośląska 19 GUS 2013.png.]]
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.
The cities and statistics (1 January 2008):{{in lang|pl|en}} [http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_powierzchnia_ludnosc_teryt_2008.pdf Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407101250/http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_powierzchnia_ludnosc_teryt_2008.pdf |date=2009-04-07 }} – Central Statistical Office in Poland
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!City | Population | Area (km2) | Density (km−2) |
| Katowice | {{Nts|312201}} | {{Nts|164.67}} | {{Nts|1896}} |
| Sosnowiec | {{Nts|222586}} | {{Nts|91.06}} | {{Nts|2444}} |
| Gliwice | {{Nts|197393}} | {{Nts|133.88}} | {{Nts|1474}} |
| Zabrze | {{Nts|189062}} | {{Nts|80.40}} | {{Nts|2352}} |
| Bytom | {{Nts|184765}} | {{Nts|69.44}} | {{Nts|2661}} |
| Ruda Śląska | {{Nts|144584}} | {{Nts|77.73}} | {{Nts|1860}} |
| Tychy | {{Nts|129776}} | {{Nts|81.64}} | {{Nts|1590}} |
| Dąbrowa Górnicza | {{Nts|128795}} | {{Nts|188.73}} | {{Nts|682}} |
| Chorzów | {{Nts|113678}} | {{Nts|33.24}} | {{Nts|3420}} |
| Jaworzno | {{Nts|95520}} | {{Nts|152.67}} | {{Nts|626}} |
| Mysłowice | {{Nts|74912}} | {{Nts|65.75}} | {{Nts|1139}} |
| Siemianowice Śląskie | {{Nts|71621}} | {{Nts|25.5}} | {{Nts|2809}} |
| Tarnowskie Góry | {{Nts|60975}} | {{Nts|83.72}} | {{Nts|728}} |
| Piekary Śląskie | {{Nts|59061}} | {{Nts|39.98}} | {{Nts|1477}} |
| Będzin | {{Nts|58639}} | {{Nts|37.37}} | {{Nts|1569}} |
| Świętochłowice | {{Nts|54525}} | {{Nts|13.31}} | {{Nts|4097}} |
| Knurów | {{Nts|39449}} | {{Nts|33.95}} | {{Nts|1162}} |
| Mikołów | {{Nts|38698}} | {{Nts|79.20}} | {{Nts|489}} |
| Czeladź | {{Nts|34072}} | {{Nts|16.38}} | {{Nts|2080}} |
| Total | {{Nts|2124344}} | {{Nts|1443.12}} | {{Nts|1472}} |
See also
References
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