Chorzów
Sign in to saveChorzów ( ; ; ; ) 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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26 sectionsContents
- 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
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- Economy
- Transport
- Higher education
- Sights
- Architecture
- Industrial heritage
- Silesian Central Park
- Sports
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- Born in Chorzów
- Associated with Chorzów
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- Further reading
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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).
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.