Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec | |
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| Coordinates: 50°17′N 19°08′E / 50.283°N 19.133°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | city county |
| City rights | 1902 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Arkadiusz Chęciński (KO) |
| Area | |
| 90.16 km2 (34.81 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2022) | |
| 189,178 (17th) | |
| • Density | 2,075/km2 (5,370/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 4,620,624 |
| Demonym(s) | sosnowiczanin (male) sosnowiczanka (female) (pl) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41-200 to 41-225 |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Car plates | SO |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
| Website | www |
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Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association. Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, which is a conurbation with a total population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5.3 million people. The population of the city is 189,178 as of December 2022.