Czerwionka-Leszczyny

Czerwionka-Leszczyny
Church in the Czuchów district of the town
Coat of arms
Czerwionka-Leszczyny
Coordinates: 50°11′N 18°41′E / 50.183°N 18.683°E / 50.183; 18.683
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Rybnik
Gmina	Czerwionka-Leszczyny
Government
- Mayor	Wiesław Janiszewski
Area
- City	37.63 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- City	28,329
- Density	752.8/km2 (1,949.8/sq mi)
- Urban	2,746,000
- Metro	5,294,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	44-230
Car plates	SRB
Website	http://www.czerwionka-leszczyny.com.pl

Czerwionka-Leszczyny [t​͡ʂɛrˈvjɔŋka lɛʂˈt​͡ʂɨnɨ] (German: Czerwionka-Leschczin) 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. Czerwionka-Leszczyny 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.^[1] The population of the town is 28,329 (2008).^[2]

References

1. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) [1]
2. ^ Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 - Central Statistical Office in Poland ISSN 1505-5507 , 13.08.2008

Coordinates: 50°09′N 18°39′E / 50.15°N 18.65°E / 50.15; 18.65