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Piekary Śląskie is a city in Poland that has the administrative status of powiat rights, meaning it functions as its own local government unit independent of a surrounding county. It is located in the Silesia region of southern Poland, an area historically significant for its industrial heritage and coal mining.
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Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Silesian Voivodeship
- County
- city county
- Established
- 12th century
- City rights
- 1939/1947
- City mayor
- Sława Umińska-Duraj
- Total
- 39.98 km (15.44 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 350 m (1,150 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 261 m (856 ft)
- Density
- 1,356/km (3,513/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
Article
Piekary Śląskie ([pʲɛˈkarɨ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]) (Silesian: Piekory) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. One of the core cities of the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula).
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. Piekary Śląskie is one of the cities 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 city is 54,226 (2021).