Rydułtowy

Rydułtowy
Market Square in Rydułtowy
Rydułtowy
Coordinates: 50°3′30″N 18°25′0″E / 50.05833°N 18.41667°E / 50.05833; 18.41667
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
CountyWodzisław
GminaRydułtowy (urban gmina)
First mentioned1228
Government
  MayorMarcin Połomski
Area
  Total
15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30)
  Total
21,616
  Density1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
44-280
Vehicle registrationSWD
Voivodeship roads
Websitehttp://www.rydultowy.pl

Rydułtowy [rɨduu̯ˈtɔvɨ] (German: Rydultau) is a town in southern Poland, in the Wodzisław County of the Silesian Voivodeship. Rydułtowy is in the south-western part of the Silesian Highland, on the Rybnik Plateau, in the Oświęcim-Racibórz Valley.

A mining town, Rydułtowy has been closely bound with the 200-year-old "Rydułtowy-Anna" coal mine.