Siemianowice Śląskie
Also known as Siemianowitz, Laurahütte
city in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Siemianowice Śląskie is a city located in the Silesian region of southern Poland. It is part of an industrially important area in Poland's history, though specific details about its current significance would require additional sources.
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Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Voivodeship
- Silesian
- County
- city county
- Established
- 13th century
- City mayor
- Rafał Piech ( PJJ )
- Total
- 25.5 km (9.8 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 295 m (968 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 260 m (850 ft)
- Density
- 2,580/km (6,670/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 41-100 to 41-106
- Area code
Article
Siemianowice Śląskie ( Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛmjanɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]; German: Siemianowitz-Laurahütte; Silesian: Śymjanowice) also known as Siemianowice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice, in the core of the Metropolis GZM - a metropolis with a population of 2 million people and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula).
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then in the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Siemianowice is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation, the Katowice urban area, at the heart of the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 65,684 (2021). Siemianowice Śląskie borders six cities: Piekary Śląskie, Chorzów, Czeladź, Będzin, Wojkowice, and the voivodeship capital Katowice.