Katowice urban area

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.

This article is about the geographic urban area. For the wider urban area to which it belongs, see Upper Silesian metropolitan area. For the political and economic association of local municipalities, see Silesian Metropolis. For the industrial region, see Upper Silesian Industrial Region.
The location of Katowice urban area on maps of Poland

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.

Alternative names

English: Katowice conurbation, Upper Silesian conurbation, Upper Silesian urban area.
Polish: konurbacja katowicka, konurbacja górnośląska, konurbacja śląska, aglomeracja katowicka, aglomeracja górnośląska.

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 towns of conurbation outlined in blue on maps
Katowice the largest city in Upper Silesian metropolitan area.

Adjacent cities and statistics (1 January 2008):[7]

CityPopulationArea (km2)Density (km−2)
Katowice312,201164.671,896
Sosnowiec222,58691.062,444
Gliwice197,393133.881,474
Zabrze189,06280.402,352
Bytom184,76569.442,661
Ruda Śląska144,58477.731,860
Rybnik141,080148.36951
Tychy129,77681.641,590
Dąbrowa Górnicza128,795188.73682
Chorzów113,67833.243,420
Jaworzno95,520152.67626
Jastrzębie-Zdrój93,93985.341,101
Mysłowice74,91265.751,139
Siemianowice Śląskie71,62125.52,809
Żory62,00864.59960
Tarnowskie Góry60,97583.72728
Piekary Śląskie59,06139.981,477
Będzin58,63937.371,569
Świętochłowice54,52513.314,097
Wodzisław Śląski49,13249.51992
Oświęcim40,52030.001,351
Chrzanów39,45238.321,030
Knurów39,44933.951,162
Mikołów38,69879.20489
Czeladź34,07216.382,080
Czerwionka-Leszczyny28,32937.63753
Łaziska Górne21,94220.071,093
Rydułtowy21,91514.951,466
Trzebinia20,12831.94630
Bieruń19,46440.67479
Pyskowice19,10430.89618
Orzesze18,90783.79226
Radlin17,71112.531,413
Libiąż17,48735.85488
Radzionków17,16313.201,300
Lędziny16,26231.48517
Pszów14,01120.44685
Wojkowice9,36812.79732
Chełmek9,0798.271,098
Kalety8,78056.00128
Imielin8,01028.00286
Miasteczko Śląskie7,34767.83108
Sławków6,86636.67187
Total2,773,7512,467.741,146

See also

References
  1. "Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)" Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine - European Spatial Planning Observation Network, 2007
  2. Demographia.com – World Urban Areas, 2012
  3. (in English) "Investment areas in the Silesian Agglomeration" Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine - Metropolis.pl, Katowice 2006
  4. (in Polish) Funkcje Metropolitalne Pięciu Stolic Województw Wschodnich Archived 2010-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. (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
  6. "The Principal Agglomerations of the World" - citypopulation.de
  7. (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
  8. "CityProfiles: Katowice". The Urban Audit. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  9. "The Influence of a Metropolis on Regional Development in Poland" - Kazimierz Fiedorowicz, Jacek Fiedorowicz; Częstochowa University of Technology
  10. World Urbanization Prospects, Urban Agglomerations 2003 – United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Population Division, The 2003 Revision
  11. (in Polish) "Koncepcja przestrzennego zagospodarowania kraju" Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine – Ministry of Regional Development, 2003
  12. "Population by sex and age groups on 1 January" - Eurostat, 2012
  13. www.worldatlas.com
  14. article about Upper Silesian Industrial Region coinciding with the Katowice urban area
  15. (in Polish) "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine - PWN Encyclopedia
  16. "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

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