Czeladź

Czeladź
Saint Stanislaus Church
Flag Coat of arms
Czeladź
Coordinates: 50°20′N 19°5′E / 50.333°N 19.083°E / 50.333; 19.083
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Będzin
Gmina	Czeladź (urban gmina)
Government
- Mayor	Marek Mrozowski
Area
- City	16.38 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Population (2008)
- City	34,072
- Density	2,080.1/km2 (5,387.4/sq mi)
- Urban	2,746,000
- Metro	5,294,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	41-250
Car plates	SBE
Website	http://www.czeladz.pl

Czeladź [ˈt​͡ʂɛlat​͡ɕ] is a town in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Czeladź is one of the cities 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 34,072 (2008).^[2]

Founded in the 13th century, Czeladz was granted city status in 1262. In the years 1434 - 1790, it belonged to the Duchy of Siewierz. In the 19th century, Czeladz became an important mining center, with the Saturn coal mine opened there in late 19th century. It also was a main center of Jewish culture, destroyed in the Holocaust.

Famous people from Czeladź

• Czesław Słania, postage stamp engraver
• Abraham Nahum Stencl (Avrom-Nokhem Shtentsl), Ashkenazi poet
• Rabbi Shlomo Stencl - the town Rabbi

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Czeladź is twinned with:

• Auby in France

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°19′N 19°04′E / 50.317°N 19.067°E / 50.317; 19.067