Orzesze | |
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 Church of Saints Peter and Paul | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Orzesze | |
| Coordinates: 50°9′N 18°45′E / 50.150°N 18.750°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Silesian |
| County | Mikołów |
| Gmina | Orzesze (urban gmina) |
| Town rights | 1962 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Janusz Ojczyznosław |
| Area | |
| • City | 83.79 km2 (32.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
| • City | 21,043 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 5,294,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 43-180 |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Car plates | SMI |
| Website | http://www.orzesze.pl |
Orzesze [ɔˈʐɛʂɛ] (German: Orzesche, Silesian: Ôrzeszŏ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with the population of 2 million. 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. Orzesze is one of the towns of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] The population of the town is 21,043 (2019).
- ^ "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 2020-03-13.
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.