Katowice — City county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Leave Katowice after breakfast, explore a European city, and fly home the same evening — no hotel, no overnight.
Katowice (/ˌkɑtəˈvitsə/, Polish: [katɔˈvit͡sɛ] ; Silesian: Katowice; German: Kattowitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. The Katowice metropolitan area has a population of 2.5 million, and is part of a larger Katowice–Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people. Katowice was founded as a village in the 16th century, whereas several modern districts of Katowice were founded as villages in the Middle Ages.
Katowice is a large city in the Silesian Voivodeship (województwo śląskie) in the south of Poland. In 2021 it had a population of 315,000; it's the central city of Metropolis GZM (population 2.3 million) which in turn is part of Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area sprawling across the Czech border. It's not scenic, but has a rich industrial heritage.
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Katowice — City county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
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