Katowice urban area
Katowice urban area
Konurbacja katowicka | |
|---|---|
Urban area | |
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 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian Voivodeship |
| Largest city | Katowice |
| Government | |
| • Body | Metropolis GZM |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 1,468 km2 (567 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,949 km2 (1,139 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Urban | 1,903,000 |
| • Urban density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2,535,354 |
| • Metro density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €44.570 billion (2021) |
Allotment gardens on the outskirts of the city of Ruda Śląska
visible in the far background.The Katowice urban area (
Demographia, its population is 1,903,000 (August 2023).[3]
The Katowice urban area covers the majority of the population and area of the Katowice metropolitan area (a population of around 2.5 million (2023)[4]) and is (with Ostrava metropolitan area among others) a part of the Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area, which has a population of 5.3 million people (2002).[6] Also this is (with Kraków metropolitan area among others) a part of Kraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan region ,[7][8] which has a population of around 6.8 million.
Alternative names
English: Katowice conurbation[citation needed], Upper Silesian conurbation,[9] Upper Silesian urban area[citation needed].
Polish: konurbacja katowicka,[10] konurbacja górnośląska,[11][12] konurbacja śląska,[13] konurbacja śląsko-dąbrowska,[14][15] aglomeracja katowicka[citation needed], aglomeracja górnośląska[16][17][18][19].
Administration of urban area
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):[20]
| 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 |
| 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 |
Metropolitan area
Demographics
There are given differing population numbers in different sources.
- 2,225,000 (2024) – according to citypopulation.de.[21]
- 2,535,354 (2023) – according to Eurostat[4]
- 2,700,000 (2006) – according to Metropolis.pl[22]
- 2,746,000 (2001) – according to the scientific description by Tadeusz Markowski.[23]
- 2,733,000 (2002) – according to the scientific description by Paweł Swianiewicz and Urszula Klimska.[24]
- 2,886,700 (2004) – according to the scientific description by Kazimierz Fiedorowicz and Jacek Fiedorowicz.[25]
- 3,029,000 (2002) – 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.[6]
- 3,069,000 – according to the United Nations.[26]
- 3,239,200 (2003) – according to the Ministry of Regional Development of Poland[27]
- 3,488,000 – according to www.worldatlas.com.[28]
- 3,500,000 – according to PWN Encyclopedia.[29][30]
- 3,500,000 – according to the scientific description by Jerzy Parysek and Alexander Tölle.[31]
See also
- Metropolis GZM
- Upper Silesian Industrial Region
- Upper Silesian Coal Basin
- Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area
References
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- ^ a b Demographia.com – World Urban Areas, 19th ANNUAL EDITION, August 2023
- ^ a b c "Population on 1 January by five year age group, sex and metropolitan regions". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". www.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, 2007
- ^ Koncepcja Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju 2030
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- ^ Krajowa Strategia Rozwoju Regionalnego 2010–2020: Regiony, Miasta, Obszary wiejskie (M.P. z 2011 r. Nr 36, poz. 423, s. 1397, 1405, 1472, 1501).
- ^ Koncepcja Polityki Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju z 2001 r. (M.P. z 2001 r. Nr 26, poz. 432, s. 545, 546).
- Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
- ^ Bielecki, Piotr (2009-04-18). "Gdzie jest Zagłębie w przyszłej Metropolii?". Regionalne Stowarzyszenie „Forum dla Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego”. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
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- ^ Narodowa Strategia Rozwoju Regionalnego 2007-2013 (projekt zaakceptowany przez Radę Ministrów 6 września 2005 r.) (PDF). Warszawa: Departament Polityki Regionalnej Ministerstwo Gospodarki i Pracy. 2005-09-06. p. 94.
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- ^ 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).
- ^ Narodowy Plan Rozwoju 2007-2013 (dokument przyjęty przez Radę Ministrów 6.09.2005). Warszawa: Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego. 2005-09-06. p. 81.
- Central Statistical Office in Poland
- ^ "The Principal Agglomerations of the World" - citypopulation.de
- ^ (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 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
- ^ 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
- ISBN 978-83-61320-33-3