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Jaworzno

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Also known as Jaworzno, Silesian Voivodeship

Jaworzno is a city county in southern Poland in the Silesian Voivodeship, near Katowice. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river (a tributary of the Vistula). Jaworzno belongs to Lesser Poland and, despite belonging to the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, Jaworzno is not part of Silesia. Jaworzno is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a more significant Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 89,350 (2021).

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Jaworzno is a city in southern Poland's Silesian Voivodeship, located near Katowice in the Silesian Highlands along the Przemsza River. As part of the large Katowice urban area and metropolitan region, it serves as a significant population center in one of central Europe's major urban zones.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Jaworzno
Settlement.settlement_type: City county
Settlement.motto: Jaworzno – źródło energii.Jaworzno – the source of energy
Settlement.image_skyline: Rynek w Jaworznie.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Rynek ("Market Square") in Jaworzno
Settlement.image_flag: POL Jaworzno flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Jaworzno COA alt.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: county
Settlement.leader_title: country mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Paweł Silbert
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1229

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Jaworzno
Country: Poland
Located in: Silesian Voivodeship
Continent: Europe
Population: 86812
Area: 152.42
Elevation: 350
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Będzin County
Official website: www.jaworzno.pl
Image: Jaworzno colegiate church.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Jaworzno
Commons category: Jaworzno
twinned administrative body: Calonne-Ricouart
category for people born here: Category:Births in Jaworzno
category of associated people: Category:People from Jaworzno
Commons gallery: Jaworzno
inception: 1229-00-00
postal code: 43-600 — 43-618
native label: Jaworzno
different from: Jaworzno
male population: 42977
female population: 46021
P12749: Curslack

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Jaworzno is a city county in southern Poland in the Silesian Voivodeship, near Katowice. It lies in the Silesian Highlands, on the Przemsza river (a tributary of the Vistula). Jaworzno belongs to Lesser Poland and, despite belonging to the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, Jaworzno is not part of Silesia. Jaworzno is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a more significant Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 89,350 (2021).

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