Metropolis GZM
The Metropolis GZM is a metropolitan association composed of 41 contiguous gminas, with a total population of over 2 million, covering most of the Katowice metropolitan area in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Region with 1,500,000 residents
- Description: metropolitan city (metropolis) in Upper Silesia, Poland
- Also known as: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”, “GZM”, “Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia and Dąbrowa Basin”, “Silesian Metropolis”, “Upper Silesia and Dąbrowa Basin Metropolis”, and “Upper Silesian-Dąbrowa Basin Metropolis”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Three Emperors‘ Corner and Sosnowiec Główny railway station.
Three Emperors‘ Corner
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Three Emperors' Corner is a former tripoint at the confluence of the Black and White Przemsza rivers, near the towns of Mysłowice, Sosnowiec and Jaworzno in the present-day Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.
Sosnowiec Główny railway station
Railway station
Photo: Napoleon.c, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sosnowiec Główny railway station is a major railway stations in Sosnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located about 9 km to the East of Katowice railway station.
Sielecki Castle
Photo: Mkos, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Sielecki Castle is a castle in the city of Sosnowiec in southern Poland, located in the Sielc district. The castle is located on the left bank of the Czarna Przemsza River. It was built in the 17th century and it is the oldest building in the city.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sosnowiec and Katowice.
Sosnowiec
Photo: Mkos, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Sosnowiec is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, in the historic Dąbrowa Basin, with about 187,000 residents. It forms part of the GZM metropolis centred on Katowice, 10 km west.
Katowice
Photo: Lestath, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Katowice is a large city in the Silesian Voivodeship in the south of Poland. In 2021 it had a population of 315,000; it's the central city of Metropolis GZM which in turn is part of Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area sprawling across the Czech border.
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Photo: Bastet78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dąbrowa Górnicza is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland. Standing 300 m above sea level, it's post-industrial, with a population of 117,000 in 2021.
Metropolis GZM
- Categories: Metropolitan association and metropolis
- Location: Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Metropolis GZM” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Opper-Silesië-metropool”
- Aragonese: “Unión metropolitana de Silesia Alta”
- Asturian: “Xuntanza Metropolitana d’Alta Silesia”
- Bulgarian: “Горносилезка метрополия”
- Catalan: “Mancomunitat Metropolitana de l’Alta Silèsia”
- Chinese: “上西里西亚都市圈”
- Croatian: “Gornjošlesko metropolitansko područje”
- Croatian: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”
- Czech: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”
- Czech: “Hornoslezský metropolitní svazek”
- Danish: “Øvre Schlesiske Metropolforening”
- Dutch: “GZM”
- Dutch: “Metropolis GZM”
- Dutch: “Metropoolregio Opper-Silezië”
- Esperanto: “Suprasilezia metropola ligo”
- Finnish: “Ylä-Sleesian suurkaupunkialue”
- French: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”
- Galician: “Mancomunidade Metropolitana da Alta Silesia”
- German: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”
- German: “Metropole GZM”
- Japanese: “カトヴィツェ”
- Polish: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”
- Polish: “GZM”
- Polish: “Metropolia GZM”
- Russian: “Гурношленско-Заглембинская Метрополия”
- Slovak: “Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia”
- Spanish: “Metrópoli de Silesia”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Silezya Metropolitan Birliği”
- Udmurt: “Вылысь Силезия агломерация”
- Ukrainian: “Агломерація міст Верхньої Сілезії”
- Ukrainian: “Верхньосілезька агломерація”
- Urdu: “سیلئسیان میٹروپولس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dębowa Góra and Ostra Górka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brynica and Rybaczówka.
Silesian Voivodeship: Must-Visit Destinations
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