Żory

Żory

Infobox Settlement
name = Żory



image_caption = Saints Philip and Jacob Church



image_shield = POL Żory COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = "city county"
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Waldemar Socha
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1272
area_total_km2 = 64.64
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 62625
population_density_km2 = auto
population_metro = 659000
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 3 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 42 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 44-240
area_code = +48 32
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SZO
website = http://www.zory.pl/

Żory [IPA-pl|'|ż|o|r|y] ( _de. Sohrau) is a town in southern Poland with 62,625 inhabitants (2006).

Since 1999 it has been part of Silesian Voivodeship; it was previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998).

History

One of the oldest towns in Silesia, Żory was granted city rights in 1272 by Władysław Opolski.

Education

* Górnośląska Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa im. Wojciecha Korfantego in Katowice - Branch in Zory (Wydział zamiejscowy w Żorach)
* Silesian University of Technology - Branch in Zory

Sport

* Pogoń 1922 Żory - women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: winner of 1st league in 2003/2004 season; promoted to Premiership in 2004/2005 seasson.

Famous people born in Żory

* Jerzy Makula, two times European Glider Aerobatic Champion and six times World Glider Aerobatic Champion
* Stanisław Sojka, jazz and pop singer/songwriter
* Otto Stern, physicist and Nobel laureate


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