Świętochłowice

Also known as Schwientochlowitz, Swietochlowice, Śwjyntochlowice

Świętochłowice (; ; ) is a city with powiat rights in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is also one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2 million, and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (tributary of the Vistula).

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Świętochłowice is a city in southern Poland's Silesia region, located near Katowice and situated on the Rawa River in the Silesian Highlands. It holds special administrative status as a city with powiat rights and serves as one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolitan area with a population of 2 million.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Świętochłowice
Settlement.settlement_type: City county
Settlement.image_skyline: 2014-10 Świętochłowice (3).jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Downtown
Settlement.image_flag: POL Świętochłowice flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: POL Świętochłowice COA.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 11
Settlement.mapframe wikidata: yes
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
Settlement.leader_title: City mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Daniel Beger

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Poland
Located in: Silesian Voivodeship
Continent: Europe
Population: 45644
Area: 13.31
Elevation: 314
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Ruda Śląska
Official website: www.swietochlowice.pl
Image: Muzeum Powstań Śląskich SW.jpg

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P8168: Jürgen Osterhammel
twinned administrative body: Rimavská Sobota
Commons category: Świętochłowice
topic's main category: Category:Świętochłowice
category for people born here: Category:Births in Świętochłowice
Commons gallery: Świętochłowice
category of associated people: Category:People from Świętochłowice
inception: 1313-00-00
P6482: Świętochłowice
male population: 22253
female population: 24241
described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
P12749: 1908

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

Location
History
Population
Climate and soil
Districts
Sights
Sport
Sport clubs
Sportspeople of Świętochłowice in Olympic Games
Politics
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
References
External links

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Świętochłowice 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 49,762 (2019).

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