Chorzów

Also known as Chorzow, Königshütte

Chorzów ( ; ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (a tributary of the Vistula).

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Chorzów is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, located near Katowice on the Rawa River. It serves as one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolitan area with a population of 2 million people.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Chorzów
Settlement.settlement_type: City county
Settlement.image_flag: POL_Chorzów_flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Chorzów COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: city county
Settlement.leader_party: Independent
Settlement.leader_title: City mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Szymon Michałek
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1257
Settlement.established_title3: City rights
Settlement.established_date3: 1868
Settlement.area_total_km2: 33.24

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Official name: Chorzów
Country: Kingdom of Poland
Continent: Europe
Population: 101184
Area: 33.24
Elevation: 352
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Świętochłowice
Official website: www.chorzow.um.gov.pl
Image: Chorzow poczta2.jpg

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category of associated people: Category:People from Chorzów
twinned administrative body: Zlín
Commons category: Chorzów
topic's main category: Category:Chorzów
category for people born here: Category:Births in Chorzów
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Chorzów
Commons gallery: Chorzów
inception: 1257-00-00
native label: Chorzów
postal code: 41-500 ... 41-506
owner of: Stadion Ruchu
P6482: Chorzów
P8168: Diamonds Are Forever
male population: 49461
female population: 54732
P12749: Luxembourg

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections

Contents

History
City name
Village of Chorzów
Industrial revolution
Interwar Poland (1922–1939)
German occupation during World War II (1939–1945)
After 1945
Geography
Location
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Transport
Higher education
Sights
Architecture
Industrial heritage
Silesian Central Park
Sports
Notable people
Born in Chorzów
Associated with Chorzów
Twin towns – sister cities
References
Further reading
External links

Administratively, Chorzów is in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Silesian Voivodeship. Chorzów is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – the Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area with a population of about 5,294,000 people. The population within the city limits is 105,628 as of December 2021.

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