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Olkusz
Sign in to saveOlkusz ( Elkish) is a town in southern Poland with 36,607 inhabitants (2014). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Olkusz County. Olkusz is known for its abundance of silver, which is mined and extracted in the vicinity.
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Olkusz is a city in Poland, located within the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and serving as the capital of Olkusz County and Gmina Olkusz. The municipality covers an area of 25.63 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of approximately 366 to 367 meters. It is situated in the Europe/Warsaw time zone.
The city has a population of 33,462, comprising 16,001 males and 17,461 females. Another source lists the population as 37,744. Olkusz is twinned with the administrative bodies of Bergamo and Bruay-la-Buissière. The official postal code for the area is 32-300.
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Place details
- Locality
- Olkusz
- Region
- województwo małopolskie
- Country
- Polska
- Population
- 37,744
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Olkusz
- Settlement.image_flag
- POL Olkusz flag.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- POL Olkusz COA.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Olkusz 02.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rynek (Market Square) with the Saint Andrew Basilica and town hall
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Poland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Olkusz
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Gmina
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Olkusz
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Roman Piaśnik
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 25.65
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 30.06.2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 31668
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Olkusz
- Country
- Poland
- Located in
- Gmina Olkusz
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 33462
- Area
- 25.63
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Gmina Olkusz
- Official website
- www.umig.olkusz.pl
- Image
- MOs810 WG 25 2024 (Kielce-Wisła) Olkusz, Market Square 07.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Bruay-la-Buissière
- Commons category
- Olkusz
- topic's main category
- Category:Olkusz
- Commons gallery
- Olkusz
- postal code
- 32-300
- native label
- Olkusz
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- P6482
- Olkusz
- male population
- 16001
- female population
- 17461
- P12749
- Category:Cockroaches
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Surroundings
- History
- Sports
- Religions
- International relations
- Twin Towns – Sister Cities
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Olkusz ( Elkish) is a town in southern Poland with 36,607 inhabitants (2014). Situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998), it is the capital of Olkusz County. Olkusz is known for its abundance of silver, which is mined and extracted in the vicinity.
== Surroundings == The city is on the Baba River, a tributary of the Sztoła, with a major road reaching it from Warsaw and Kraków, making it the central city of the vicinity. Tourists who wish to visit nature and historical sites, start from here. Also, Olkusz is located on the main railroad line, which connects Upper Silesia and Zaglebie with Kielce. The Starczynów Desert is located nearby, and wind-blown sands from the desert troubled the town until the desert was planted with trees in 1949 resulting in the desert becoming overgrown.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olkusz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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