Łaziska Górne

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Łaziska Górne
Roundabout in the center of town

Coat of arms
Łaziska Górne
Coordinates: 50°9′N 18°51′E / 50.150°N 18.850°E / 50.150; 18.850
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Mikołów
Gmina Łaziska Górne (urban gmina)
Government
 • Mayor Aleksander Wyra
Area
 • City 20.7 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • City 21,942
 • Density 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
 • Urban 2,746,000
 • Metro 5,294,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 43-170 do 43-173
Car plates SMI
Website http://www.laziska.pl


Łaziska Górne [waˈʑiska ˈɡurnɛ] (German: Ober Lazisk, Silesian: Gůrne Łaziska [1]) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. 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. Łaziska is one of the towns of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] The population of the town is 21,942 (2008).[3]

Industry

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns – Sister cities

Łaziska Górne is twinned with:

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Coordinates: 50°09′N 18°51′E / 50.150°N 18.850°E / 50.150; 18.850

Urban gminas
Rural gminas
  1. ↑ Steuer's Silesian alphabet
  2. ↑ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)
  3. ↑ Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 - Central Statistical Office in Poland ISSN 1505-5507 , 13.08.2008


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