Radzionków ([raˈd͡ʑɔŋkuf]; German: Radzionkau, Silesian: Cidry) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Outer town of the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.
Radzionków | |
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 Church of Saint Adalbert of Prague | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Radzionków | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′N 18°53′E / 50.383°N 18.883°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Tarnowskie Góry |
| Gmina | Radzionków (urban gmina) |
| Area | |
| • City | 13.4 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
| • City | 16,826 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 5,294,000 |
| Postal code | 41-922 |
| Website | http://www.radzionkow.pl |
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. In 1975–1997 it was a part of Bytom before it became a separate entity in 1998. Radzionków is one of the towns of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] The population of the town is 16,826 (2019).
People edit
- Paul Letocha (1834-1911), German politician, member of German Reichstag
See also edit
- Ruch Radzionków – football club from Radzionków
References edit
- ^ "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 2020-03-19.
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
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