Katowice urban area explained

Katowice urban area
Native Name:Konurbacja katowicka
Native Name Lang:pl
Settlement Type:Urban area
Pushpin Map:Poland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Poland
Coordinates:50.25°N 19°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian Voivodeship
Subdivision Type2:Largest city
Subdivision Name2:Katowice
Governing Body:Metropolis GZM
Area Urban Footnotes:[1]
Area Urban Km2:1468
Area Metro Footnotes:[2]
Area Metro Km2:2949
Population Urban Footnotes:[3]
Population Urban:1903000
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Population Metro Footnotes:[4]
Population Metro:2535354
Population Density Metro Km2:auto
Population As Of:2023
Demographics Type1:GDP
Demographics1 Footnotes:[5]
Demographics1 Title1:Metro
Demographics1 Info1:€44.570 billion (2021)
Blank Name Sec2:Primary airport
Blank Info Sec2:Katowice Airport
Blank1 Name Sec2:Highways

The Katowice urban area (Polish: Konurbacja katowicka, pronounced as /pl/), also known as the Upper Silesian urban area (Polish: Konurbacja górnośląska, pronounced as /pl/), is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and 22nd largest urban area in the European Union. According to Demographia, its population is 1,903,000 (August 2023).[3]

Alternative names

English: Katowice conurbation,<ref>[http://geobalcanica.org/wp-content/uploads/GBP/2018/GBP.2018.28.pdf Marlena Dyszy: Changes in land usage of rural areas in suburban area of Katowice conurbation]</ref> Upper Silesian conurbation,<ref name="Interim2004">{{cite book |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220926225400/https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/coheter/coheter_en.pdf |date=2004 |isbn=((92-894-0000-0)) |location=Luxembourg |pages=98–101 |publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |title=Interim Territorial Cohesion Report |url=http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/coheter/coheter_en.pdf.
Polish: konurbacja katowicka,<ref>(PDF){{cite book |author=Tadeusz Markowski, Tadeusz Marszał |date=2006 |isbn=83-89693-16-X |location=Warszawa |page=14 |publisher=[[Polska Akademia Nauk]] Komitet Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju |title=Metropolie Obszary Metropolitalne Metropolizacja - Problemy i pojęcia podstawowe |url=http://www.kpzk.pan.pl/images/stories/pliki/Metropolie_obszary_metropolitalne_metropolizacja.pdf.

Administration of urban area

According to Statistics Poland, the Katowice urban area consists of 19 bordering cities in the Silesian Voivodeship: Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Jaworzno, Katowice, Knurów, Mikołów, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, Sosnowiec, Tychy, Tarnowskie Góry, and Zabrze.[1]

The cities and statistics (1 January 2008):[6]

CityPopulationArea (km2)Density (km−2)
Katowice
Sosnowiec
Gliwice
Zabrze
Bytom
Ruda Śląska
Tychy
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Chorzów
Jaworzno
Mysłowice
Siemianowice Śląskie
Tarnowskie Góry
Piekary Śląskie
Będzin
Świętochłowice
Knurów
Mikołów
Czeladź
Total

Metropolitan area

The Katowice urban area covers the majority of the population and area of the Katowice metropolitan area (also known as Upper Silesian metropolitan area),[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] with a population of around 2.5 million (2023),[4] and is a part of the Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area, which has a population of 5.3 million people (2002). Also this is (with Kraków metropolitan area among others) a part of,[12] [13] [14] which has a population of around 6.8 million.

Demographics

There are given differing population numbers in different sources.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://web.archive.org/web/20070611102741/http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/katow/ASSETS_Tabl_1.pdf AGLOMERACJA 19 MIAST WOJEWÓDZTWA ŚLĄSKIEGO NA TLE INNYCH POTENCJALNYCH AGLOMERACJI – Powierzchnia i ludność
  2. https://studreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_sril_files/430/2012_2_zuzanska.pdf Funkcje metropolitalne w Górnośląskim Obszarze Metropolitalnym
  3. http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf Demographia.com – World Urban Areas
  4. Web site: Population on 1 January by five year age group, sex and metropolitan regions. www.ec.europa.eu. 4 April 2024.
  5. Web site: Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions. www.ec.europa.eu. 12 December 2023.
  6. Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 – Central Statistical Office in Poland
  7. https://studreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_sril_files/605/2018_1_pyka.pdf Robert Pyka: The Upper Silesian and Zagłębie Metropolis as a local government innovation. Poland’s first metropolitan union – opportunities and threats
  8. https://studreg.uw.edu.pl/dane/web_sril_files/430/2012_2_zuzanska.pdf Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko: Metropolitan functions of the Upper-Silesian Metropolitan Area
  9. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271053813_The_Upper-Silesian_conurbation_on_the_path_towards_the_Silesia_metropolis Elżbieta Zuzańska-Żyśko: The Upper-Silesian conurbation on the path towards the “Silesia” metropolis
  10. https://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media/files/Folia_Oeconomica_Stetinensia/Folia_Oeconomica_Stetinensia-r2012-t11(19)-n1/Folia_Oeconomica_Stetinensia-r2012-t11(19)-n1-s114-127/Folia_Oeconomica_Stetinensia-r2012-t11(19)-n1-s114-127.pdf Justyna Danielewicz, Maciej Turał: Inter-communal associations: the future of metropolitan area management?
  11. https://dspace.uni.lodz.pl/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11089/21596/0_4_%5B67%5D-83_Szaton.pdf Karolina Szaton: Znaczenie „małych miast” w kontekście rozwoju struktur ponadlokalnych na przykładzie Aglomeracji Górnośląskiej
  12. https://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/download.xsp/WMP20120000252/O/M20120252-1.pdf Koncepcja Przestrzennego Zagospodarowania Kraju 2030
  13. [European Spatial Planning Observation Network]
  14. Spórna . Tomasz . Kantor-Pietraga . Iwona . Krzysztofik . Robert . 2016-03-20 . Trajectories of depopulation and urban shrinkage in the Katowice Conurbation, Poland . en . Espace populations sociétés . 2015/3-2016/1 . 2016 . 2 . 2024-07-03 . Katowice conurbation, together with the agglomerations of Kraków, Rybnik, Bielsko-Biała and Częstochowa and the agglomeration of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, make up an interstate agglomeration zone.
  15. http://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html "The Principal Agglomerations of the World"
  16. "Investment areas in the Silesian Agglomeration" - Metropolis.pl, Katowice 2006
  17. Funkcje Metropolitalne Pięciu Stolic Województw Wschodnich
  18. "Społeczne i polityczne zróżnicowanie aglomeracji w Polsce" – Paweł Swianiewicz, Urszula Klimska ; University of Warsaw 2005
  19. http://www.isocarp.net/Data/case_studies/887.pdf "The Influence of a Metropolis on Regional Development in Poland"
  20. https://www.espon.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf "Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)"
  21. https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wup2003/2003WUPHighlights.pdf World Urbanization Prospects
  22. "Koncepcja przestrzennego zagospodarowania kraju" – Ministry of Regional Development, 2003
  23. http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm www.worldatlas.com
  24. article about Upper Silesian Industrial Region coinciding with the Katowice urban area
  25. "Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy" - PWN Encyclopedia
  26. http://www.rr.amu.edu.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=47 "Wybrane problemy rozwoju i rewitalizacji miast: aspekty poznawcze i praktyczne"

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