Świętochłowice
Świętochłowice
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Downtown | |
| Coordinates: 50°17′31″N 18°55′04″E / 50.29194°N 18.91778°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | city county |
| Established | 12th century |
| First mentioned | 1313 |
| City rights | 1947 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Daniel Beger |
| Area | |
| 13.31 km2 (5.14 sq mi) | |
| Population (2019-06-30) | |
| 49,762 | |
| • Density | 3,700/km2 (9,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 4,620,624 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41-600 to 41-608 |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Car plates | SW |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
| Website | www |
Świętochłowice (Polish: [ɕfjɛntɔxwɔˈvit͡sɛ] ⓘ; German: Schwientochlowitz; Silesian: Świyntochłowice) is a city with powiat rights in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is also one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2 million, and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (tributary of the Vistula).
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Świętochłowice is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 49,762 (2019).