Orzesze

Orzesze
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Coat of arms of Orzesze
Orzesze is located in Poland
Orzesze
Orzesze
Coordinates: 50°9′N 18°45′E / 50.150°N 18.750°E / 50.150; 18.750
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
CountyMikołów
GminaOrzesze (urban gmina)
Town rights1962
Government
 • MayorJanusz Ojczyznosław
Area
 • City
83.79 km2 (32.35 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • City
21,043
 • Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,746,000
 • Metro
5,294,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
43-180
Area code+48 32
Car platesSMI
Websitehttp://www.orzesze.pl

Orzesze [ɔˈʐɛʂɛ] (German: Orzesche, Silesian: Ôrzeszŏ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Orzesze is one of the towns of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] The population of the town is 21,043 (2019).

  1. ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.

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