Metropolitan areas in Poland

This is a list of metropolitan areas in Poland.

Area European Spatial Planning Observation Network[1] Eurostat (Larger Urban Zones)[2] Ministry of Regional Development[3] United Nations[4] Demographia.com[5]
(urban area)
Citypopulation.de[6] Scientific description by Markowski[7] Scientific description by Swianiewicz, Klimska[8] Scientific description by K. & J. Fiedorowicz[9]
Katowice[10] (Katowice urban area) 3,029,000 (5,294,000)[11] 2,710,397 3,239,200 3,069,000 2,500,000 2,775,000 2,746,000 2,733,000 2,886,700
Warsaw 2,785,000 2,660,406 2,680,600 2,194,000 2,035,000 2,375,000 2,631,900 2,504,000 2,761,000
Kraków[10] 1,236,000 1,264,322 1,227,200 818,000 700,000 No data 1,257,500 1,367,000 1,961,200
Łódź 1,165,000 1,163,516 1,061,600 974,000 910,000 1,060,000 1,178,000 1,129,000 1,152,800
Tricity (Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia) 993,000 1,105,203 1,220,800 854,000 775,000 No data 1,098,400 1,210,000 1,226,800
Poznań 919,000 1,018,511 1,227,200 No data 600,000 No data 1,011,200 846,000 1,102,600
Wrocław 861,000 1,031,439 1,136,900 No data 600,000 No data 1,029,800 956,000 1,164,600
Bydgoszcz-Toruń 721,000[12] 878,314[13] 724,700 No data No data No data No data 755,000 755,300
Szczecin 610,000 777,806 683,900 No data 400,000 No data No data 674,000 725,000
Bielsko-Biała[10][14] 584,000 No data No data No data No data No data No data 325,000 No data
Rybnik[10][14] 525,000 (634,000)[15] No data No data No data No data No data No data 507,000 No data
Lublin 451,000 652,642 465,900 No data No data No data No data 564,000 715,300
Białystok 403,000 523,958 365,700 No data No data No data No data 427,000 548,500
Częstochowa[10] 365,000 466,735 No data No data No data No data No data 393,000 No data
Kielce 319,000 406,922 No data No data No data No data No data 348,000 No data
Rzeszów 314,000 331,465 245,000 No data No data No data No data 346,000 602,200
Radom 287,000 371,995 No data No data No data No data No data 346,000 No data
Opole[10] 285,000 263,934 No data No data No data No data No data 212,000 No data
Tarnów 269,000 No data No data No data No data No data No data 225,000 No data
Wałbrzych 248,000 No data No data No data No data No data No data 251,000 No data
Olsztyn 222,000 286,290 No data No data No data No data No data 241,000 No data
Płock 162,000 233,696 No data No data No data No data No data 233,000 No data
Zielona Góra 153,000 207,451 No data No data No data No data No data 206,000 No data
Gorzów 153,000 190,251 No data No data No data No data No data No data No data
Koszalin 152,000 171,469 No data No data No data No data No data No data No data
Konin 148,000 143,305 No data No data No data No data No data 204,000 No data
Kalisz No data 409,307 No data No data No data No data No data 348,000 No data
Nowy Sącz No data 158,620 No data No data No data No data No data 278,000 No data

See Also

References

  1. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network, Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3), Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)
  2. ^ Eurostat, Urban Audit database, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2004.
  3. ^ "Koncepcja przestrzennego zagospodarowania kraju" - Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego, 2003
  4. ^ World Urbanization Prospects - United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs / Population Division, The 2003 Revision (data of 2000)
  5. ^ Demographia.com - World Urban Areas, 2010
  6. ^ Thomas Brinkoff, Principal Agglomerations of the World, accessed on 2009-03-12. Data for 2009-01-01.
  7. ^ Funkcje Metropolitalne Pięciu Stolic Województw Wschodnich - Markowski
  8. ^ "Społeczne i polityczne zróżnicowanie aglomeracji w Polsce" - Paweł Swianiewicz, Urszula Klimska; University of Warsaw 2005
  9. ^ "The Influence of a Metropolis on Regional Development in Poland" - Kazimierz Fiedorowicz, Jacek Fiedorowicz; Częstochowa University of Technology
  10. ^ a b c d e f This is part of Silesian metropolitan region (population about 7 million).
  11. ^ Data of polycentric Silesian metropolitan area
  12. ^ 485,000 for Bydgoszcz + 236,000 for Toruń
  13. ^ 582,927 for Bydgoszcz + 295,387 for Toruń
  14. ^ a b This is part of Silesian metropolitan area.
  15. ^ Rybnik 525,000 and bordering Racibórz 109,000 = 634,000

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