Katowice metropolitan area
Katowice metropolitan area, also known as Upper Silesian metropolitan area, is the metropolitan area of Katowice and its urban area, with a population of around 2.5 million. It lies within the areas of the historic regions of Upper Silesia, and Dąbrowa Basin. It is sometimes considered a part of the polycentric Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area, which has a population of 5.3 million people. Also this is a part of, which has a population of around 6.8 million.
Demographics
There are given differing population numbers in different sources.- 2,225,000 – according to citypopulation.de.
- 2,535,354 – according to Eurostat
- 2,700,000 – according to Metropolis.pl
- 2,746,000 – according to the scientific description by Tadeusz Markowski.
- 2,733,000 – according to the scientific description by Paweł Swianiewicz and Urszula Klimska.
- 2,886,700 – according to the scientific description by Kazimierz Fiedorowicz and Jacek Fiedorowicz.
- 3,029,000 – according to the European Spatial Planning Observation Network. Markered as 13th largest metropolitan area in European Union and also 6th polycentric metropolitan area in EU.
- 3,069,000 – according to the United Nations.
- 3,239,200 – according to the Ministry of Regional Development of Poland
- 3,488,000 – according to www.worldatlas.com.
- 3,500,000 – according to PWN Encyclopedia.
- 3,500,000 – according to the scientific description by Jerzy Parysek and Alexander Tölle.
Metropolis GZM
The Metropolis GZM is a metropolitan association composed of 41 contiguous municipalities in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, created on 1 July 2017. It has an area of 2553 km² and a population of 2 128 034.The Metropolis GZM does not include Jaworzno, whose authorities decided not to join the association.