Orzesze
Sign in to saveOrzesze (, Silesian: Ôrzeszŏ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.
Key facts
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- Mikołów
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- Orzesze
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- 2022 Powiat mikołowski, Orzesze, Kościół Świętych Piotra i Pawła 04.jpg
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- Church of Saints Peter and Paul
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- POL Orzesze COA.svg
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- Poland
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- Country
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- Voivodeship
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- 22px Silesian
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- County
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- Gmina
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- Orzesze (urban gmina)
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- Mayor
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- Janusz Ojczyznosław
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- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1962
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 83.79
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Orzesze (, Silesian: Ôrzeszŏ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Orzesze is one of the towns of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 21,043 as of 2019.