Katowice

Also known as Kattowitz

stad in het hedendaagse Polen

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Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and serves as the central hub of a major metropolitan area with 2.5 million residents. With an official population of around 287,000 people, it is part of an even larger cross-border metropolitan region shared with the Czech Republic that encompasses approximately 5 million people.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Katowice
Settlement.settlement_type: City county
Settlement.image_flag: Katowice Flaga.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Katowice Herb.svg
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Logo Katowice.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Logo
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

Article · Nederlands

Katowice (uitspraak: [katɔ'vʲitsɛ]?, ong. katovietse; 1953-1956 Stalinogród; Duits: Kattowitz) is de hoofdstad van de Poolse woiwodschap (provincie) Silezië. De stad heeft 298.111 inwoners (2016) en vormt het centrum van het industriegebied van Opper-Silezië, dat met 3 à 3,5 miljoen inwoners de grootste agglomeratie van Polen vormt, groter dan de agglomeratie Warschau. In de stad bevindt zich de Universiteit van Silezië in Katowice.

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