Zabrze

Zabrze
Zŏbrze (Silesian)
Ulica Wolności (Liberty Street)
Ulica Wolności (Liberty Street)
Flag of Zabrze
Coat of arms of Zabrze
Zabrze is located in Poland
Zabrze
Zabrze
Coordinates: 50°18′09″N 18°46′41″E / 50.30250°N 18.77806°E / 50.30250; 18.77806
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
Countycity county
Establishedthirteenth century
City rights1922
Government
 • City mayorAgnieszka Rupniewska[2] (nonpartisan/KO[3])
Area
 • City
80.40 km2 (31.04 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2021)
 • City
168,946 Decrease (21st)[1]
 • Density2,140/km2 (5,500/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,746,000
 • Metro
4,620,624
Demonym(s)zabrzanin (male)
zabrzanka (female) (pl)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
41–800 to 41–820
Area code+48 32
Car platesSZ
Primary airportKatowice Airport
Highways
Websitehttps://www.um.zabrze.pl

Zabrze (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzabʐɛ] ; German: 1915–1945: Hindenburg O.S., full form: Hindenburg in Oberschlesien, Silesian: Zŏbrze, Yiddish: זאַבזשע, romanizedZabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the western part of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of around 2 million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka River, a tributary of the Oder.

Zabrze is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, which was reformulated in 1999. Before 1999 it was in Katowice Voivodeship. It is one of the cities composing the 2.7 million inhabitant conurbation referred to as the Katowice urban area, itself a major centre in the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area which is populated by just over five million people.[4] The population of Zabrze as of December 2021 was 168,946, down from June 2009 when the population was 188,122.[1] Zabrze is bordered by three other cities of the metropolitan area: Gliwice, Bytom and Ruda Śląska.

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 24 July 2022. Data for territorial unit 2478000.
  2. ^ "Prezydent Miasta – Urząd Miejski w Zabrzu". 13 August 2020.
  3. ^ "RUPNIEWSKA Agnieszka Małgorzata – Kandydatka na Prezydenta Miasta Zabrze".
  4. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) [1] Archived 28 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine