Żory
Żory is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland with 62,848 inhabitants. It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about 30 kilometres southwest of Katowice.
- Type: City with 61,800 residents
- Description: city with powiat rights of Poland
- Also known as: “Powiat Żory”, “Žárov”, “Žáry”, “Zory ilçesi”, “Zory İlçesi”, “Żory ilçesi”, and “Żory İlçesi”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum of Fire and Żory railway station.
Plebania Parafii Ewangelicko-Augsburska w Żorach z 1907 roku
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rudziczka and Rogoźna.
Żory
- Categories: city with powiat rights in Poland and locality
- Location: Żory, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.0455° or 50° 2′ 44″ north
Longitude
18.6943° or 18° 41′ 40″ east
Population
61,800
Elevation
251 metres (823 feet)
UN/LOCODE
PL ZOY
Open location code
9F2W2MWV+5P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Żory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوري”
- Aragonese: “Żory”
- Basque: “Żory”
- Belarusian: “Жоры”
- Bulgarian: “Жори”
- Cebuano: “Żory (kapital sa powiat)”
- Cebuano: “Żory”
- Chechen: “Жоры”
- Chinese: “若雷”
- Czech: “Žory”
- Czech: “Żory”
- Danish: “Żory”
- Dutch: “Żory”
- Egyptian Arabic: “زورى”
- Esperanto: “Żory”
- Estonian: “Żory”
- French: “Żory”
- Galician: “Żory”
- German: “Sohrau”
- German: “Żory”
- Greek: “Ζόρι”
- Hakka Chinese: “Żory”
- Hebrew: “צורי”
- Hindi: “झ़ोरी”
- Hungarian: “Żory”
- Indonesian: “Żory”
- Italian: “Żory”
- Japanese: “ジョルィ”
- Javanese: “Żory”
- Kashmiri: “جوری”
- Korean: “조리 (폴란드)”
- Korean: “조리”
- Latvian: “Žori”
- Lithuanian: “Žoros”
- Macedonian: “Жори”
- Malay: “Zory”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Żory”
- Persian: “ژوری”
- Polish: “Żory”
- Portuguese: “Żory”
- Quechua: “Żory”
- Romanian: “Żory”
- Russian: “Жоры”
- Serbian: “Жори”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Żory”
- Silesian: “Żory”
- Slovak: “Żory”
- South Azerbaijani: “ژوری”
- Spanish: “Żory”
- Swedish: “Żory”
- Tatar: “Жоры”
- Thai: “ชอรือ”
- Turkish: “Żory”
- Ukrainian: “Жори”
- Urdu: “ژوری”
- Vietnamese: “Żory”
- Waray (Philippines): “Żory”
- “Żory”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Osiedle 700-lecia Żor and Śródmieście.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Żorzanka and 23 Market Square in Żory.
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