Gliwice

Also known as Gleiwitz

Gliwice (; , Czech: Hlivice; ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder).

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Gliwice is a city in southern Poland's Upper Silesia region, situated in the Silesian Highlands along the Kłodnica river. The city's location in this historic industrial region of Poland makes it a notable settlement in the area.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Gliwice
Settlement.settlement_type: City county
Settlement.image_flag: POL_Gliwice_flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Gliwice COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: city county
Settlement.leader_title: City mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Budka (KO)
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 13th century
Settlement.established_title3: City rights
Settlement.established_date3: 1250
Settlement.elevation_min_m: 200
Settlement.elevation_max_m: 278

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Official name: Gleiwitz
Country: Poland
Located in: Kattowitz Government Region
Continent: Europe
Population: 174016
Area: 133.88
Elevation: 278
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Gliwice County
Shares border with: Gliwice County
Official website: www.gliwice.eu
Image: Ratusz gliwicki 01.JPG
Dialing code: 32

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twinned administrative body: Rădăuți
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category: Gliwice
topic's main category: Category:Gliwice
Commons gallery: Gliwice
category for people born here: Category:Births in Gliwice
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Gliwice
category of associated people: Category:People from Gliwice
P6482: Gliwice
P8168: robots.txt
male population: 83499
female population: 90517
P12749: Cherepovets

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Encyclopedic overview

27 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Early history
Early Modern Age
Industrialization
20th century
Demographics
Population development
Nationality, ethnicity and language
Religion
Jews in Gliwice
Sights and architecture
Higher education and science
Transport
Water transport
Sports
Politics
Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency
Notable people
International relations
Consulates
Twin towns – sister cities
See also
References
Sources
External links
Further reading

Gliwice (; , Czech: Hlivice; ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder).

Gliwice is the westernmost city of the Metropolis GZM, a conurbation of 2.0 million people, and is the third-largest city of this area, with 175,102 permanent residents as of 2021. It also lies within the larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area which has a population of about 5.3 million people and spans across most of eastern Upper Silesia, western Lesser Poland and the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Gliwice is bordered by three other cities and towns of the metropolitan area: Zabrze, Knurów and Pyskowice. It is one of the major college towns in Poland, thanks to the Silesian University of Technology, which was founded in 1945 by academics of Lwów University of Technology. Over 20,000 people study in Gliwice. Gliwice is an important industrial center of Poland. Following an economic transformation in the 1990s, Gliwice shifted from steelworks and coal mining to automotive and machine industry.

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