Rybnik Coal Area

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The Rybnik Coal Area ({{langx|pl|Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy}}, ROW) is an industrial region in southern Poland.{{in lang|pl}} [http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=3970320 "Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy"] - PWN Encyclopedia It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, in a basin between the Vistula and Oder rivers, sited on the Rybnik Plateau ({{langx|pl|Płaskowyż Rybnicki}}) between Katowice (Metropolis GZM) to the north and Ostrava on the south-west. It is part of the Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by 5,294,000 peopleEuropean Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON){{cite web |url=http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/261/420/index_EN.html |title=Project 1.4.3 |access-date=2009-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728052348/http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/261/420/index_EN.html |archive-date=2009-07-28 }} and the {{Wikidata fallback link|Q124845594}} populated by about 7 million. According to scientific description by Paweł Swianiewicz and Urszula Klimska this area has 507,000 people,[http://www.wgsr.uw.edu.pl/pub/uploads/pis05/Swianiewicz_1a.pdf "Społeczne i polityczne zróżnicowanie aglomeracji w Polsce"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124123443/http://www.wgsr.uw.edu.pl/pub/uploads/pis05/Swianiewicz_1a.pdf |date=2009-01-24 }} - Paweł Swianiewicz, Urszula Klimska; University of Warsaw 2005 according to European Spatial Planning Observation Network - 634,000 people (525,000 + 109,000 by Racibórz). Area: about 1,300 km².

Main cities

Adjacent main cities and statistics (30.06.2009):[http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_L_ludnosc_stan_struktura_30_06_2009.pdf "Population. Size and structure by territorial division"] - Central Statistical Office of Poland, 2009, ISSN 1734-6118

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align=center !City / Town	Population	Area (km²)	Density (km⁻²)
Rybnik	{{Nts\|141387}}	{{Nts\|148.36}}	{{Nts\|952.9}}
Jastrzębie-Zdrój	{{Nts\|93455}}	{{Nts\|88.62}}	{{Nts\|1054.5}}
Żory	{{Nts\|61982}}	{{Nts\|64.59}}	{{Nts\|959.6}}
Racibórz	{{Nts\|56675}}	{{Nts\|74.96}}	{{Nts\|756.0}}
Wodzisław Śląski	{{Nts\|49386}}	{{Nts\|49.62}}	{{Nts\|995.2}}
Rydułtowy	{{Nts\|21833}}	{{Nts\|14.95}}	{{Nts\|1460.4}}
Radlin	{{Nts\|17673}}	{{Nts\|12.53}}	{{Nts\|1410.4}}
Pszów	{{Nts\|13753}}	{{Nts\|20.42}}	{{Nts\|673.5}}
Total	{{Nts\|456,144}}	{{Nts\|474.05}}	{{Nts\|962.2}}

Area

Adjacent county (powiat) and statistics (30.06.2009):

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align=center !County	Population	Area (km²)	Density (km²)
Wodzisław County	{{Nts\|155,733}}	{{Nts\|286.92}}	{{Nts\|541.0}}
Rybnik city-county	{{Nts\|141,387}}	{{Nts\|148.36}}	{{Nts\|952.9}}
Racibórz County	{{Nts\|110,557}}	{{Nts\|543.98}}	{{Nts\|204.9}}
Jastrzębie-Zdrój city-county	{{Nts\|93,455}}	{{Nts\|88.62}}	{{Nts\|1054.5}}
Rybnik CountyGmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny in Rybnik County membership in the Rybnik Coal Area is controversial because it lies on the border Rybnik area and Upper Silesian Industrial Region and can be considered as part of Upper Silesian Industrial Region.	{{Nts\|74,331}}	{{Nts\|224.63}}	{{Nts\|327.3}}
Żory city-county	{{Nts\|61,982}}	{{Nts\|64.59}}	{{Nts\|959.6}}
Total	{{Nts\|637,445}}	{{Nts\|1357.1}}	{{Nts\|469.4}}

History

The beginnings of ROW are related to a six-year plan and the modernization of nine old hard coal mines in the Rybnik-wodzisław region, e.g. KWK Anna or KWK Marcel. In 1952, the State Economic Planning Commission commissioned work on the preparation of a development plan for ROW. It was planned to build mines in the area of Wodzisław, Żory, Jejkowice and Kaczyce. Therefore, during the six-year plan, the old ones were modernized, but the construction of a new one, the first from scratch, of the 1 Maja Coal Mine in Wodzisław Śląski was started. In the following years, plans were started to build further new mines in ROW (Rybnik Coal Area).

References

External links

[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=pl&geocode=&q=Rybnik&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rybnik,+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie,+Polska&ll=50.039061,18.411713&spn=0.225796,0.441513&z=11 Rybnik Area on maps.google.com]

Category:Silesian Voivodeship

Category:Metropolitan areas of Poland

Category:Mining in Poland

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align=center !City / Town	Population	Area (km²)	Density (km⁻²)
Rybnik	{{Nts\|141387}}	{{Nts\|148.36}}	{{Nts\|952.9}}
Jastrzębie-Zdrój	{{Nts\|93455}}	{{Nts\|88.62}}	{{Nts\|1054.5}}
Żory	{{Nts\|61982}}	{{Nts\|64.59}}	{{Nts\|959.6}}
Racibórz	{{Nts\|56675}}	{{Nts\|74.96}}	{{Nts\|756.0}}
Wodzisław Śląski	{{Nts\|49386}}	{{Nts\|49.62}}	{{Nts\|995.2}}
Rydułtowy	{{Nts\|21833}}	{{Nts\|14.95}}	{{Nts\|1460.4}}
Radlin	{{Nts\|17673}}	{{Nts\|12.53}}	{{Nts\|1410.4}}
Pszów	{{Nts\|13753}}	{{Nts\|20.42}}	{{Nts\|673.5}}
Total	{{Nts\|456,144}}	{{Nts\|474.05}}	{{Nts\|962.2}}

class="wikitable sortable"
align=center !County	Population	Area (km²)	Density (km²)
Wodzisław County	{{Nts\|155,733}}	{{Nts\|286.92}}	{{Nts\|541.0}}
Rybnik city-county	{{Nts\|141,387}}	{{Nts\|148.36}}	{{Nts\|952.9}}
Racibórz County	{{Nts\|110,557}}	{{Nts\|543.98}}	{{Nts\|204.9}}
Jastrzębie-Zdrój city-county	{{Nts\|93,455}}	{{Nts\|88.62}}	{{Nts\|1054.5}}
Rybnik CountyGmina Czerwionka-Leszczyny in Rybnik County membership in the Rybnik Coal Area is controversial because it lies on the border Rybnik area and Upper Silesian Industrial Region and can be considered as part of Upper Silesian Industrial Region.	{{Nts\|74,331}}	{{Nts\|224.63}}	{{Nts\|327.3}}
Żory city-county	{{Nts\|61,982}}	{{Nts\|64.59}}	{{Nts\|959.6}}
Total	{{Nts\|637,445}}	{{Nts\|1357.1}}	{{Nts\|469.4}}