Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia (Polish GÃÂÃÂ³rny Śląsk, German Oberschlesien) is the south-eastern part of Silesia, an historical and geographical region in Poland (Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship) and the Czech Republic (Silesian-Moravian Region). The region is situated on the Silesian highlands, between the upper Oder and upper Vistula rivers. The most important city is Katowice, the capital of the Silesian Voivodship.

Upper Silesian Metropolitan Area total population 2,930,000.

Table of contents

1 Major cities and towns
2 History
3 See also

Major cities and towns

These are the major cities and towns (population in 1995, cities lie in Poland unless otherwise marked).

Katowice (354,200);
Ostrava (320,000); - Czech Rep.
Czestochowa (259,500);
Sosnowiec (249,000);
Bytom (227,600);
Gliwice (214,000);
Zabrze (201,600);
Bielsko-Biala (180,700);
Ruda Slaska (166,300);
Rybnik (144,300);
Tychy (133,900);
Dabrowa Gornicza (130,900);
Opole (130,600);
Chorzow (125,800);
Jastrzebie-Zdroj (103,500);
Jaworzno (98,500);
Myslowice (80,000);
Siemianowice Slaskie (78,100);
Kedzierzyn-Kozle (70,700);
Wodzislaw Slaski (68,600);
Tarnowskie Gory (67,200);
Piekary Slaskie (67,200);
Zory (66,300);
Raciborz (65,100);
Bedzin (63,100);
Opava (62,000); - Czech Rep.
Swietochlowice (59,600);
Zawiercie (56,300);
Nysa (49,000);
Oswiecim (44,400);
Knurow (44,200);
Chrzanow (42,100);
Olkusz (40,500);
Brzeg (39,900);
Mikolow (38,900);
Cieszyn (37,300);
Czeladz (36,600);
Czechowice-Dziedzice (35,600);
Pszczyna (34,600);
Myszkow (34,000);
Zywiec (32,300);
Czerwionka-Leszczyny (30,100);
Kluczbork (26,900);
Lubliniec (26,900).
Prudnik (24,300);
Rydultowy (24,100);
Andrychow (23,100);
Laziska Gorne (23,000);
Bierun (22,100);
Pyskowice (21,900);
Strzelce Opolskie (21,900);
Krapkowice (20,100).
Trzebinia (20,000).

Other cities: in Czech Republic: ČeskÃÂÃÂ½ TěšÃÂÃÂn, Karvina, Frydek-Mistek; in Poland: Chelmek, Kety, Makow Podhalanski, Skoczow, Sucha Beskidzka, Ustron, Wilamowice, Wisla, Zator.

History

Upper Silesia was formerly a Prussian province.