Silesian Voivodeship - Cities and Towns

Cities and Towns

Due to its industrial and urban nature, the voivodeship has many cities and large towns. Of Poland's 40 most-populous cities, 12 are in Silesian Voivodeship. 19 of the cities in the voivodeship have the legal status of city-county (see powiat). In all it has 71 cities and towns (with legal city rights), listed below in descending order of population (according to official figures for 2006):

  1. Katowice (315,996)
  2. Częstochowa (246,129)
  3. Sosnowiec (225,202)
  4. Gliwice (199,099)
  5. Zabrze (190,610)
  6. Bytom (187,205)
  7. Bielsko-Biała (176,678)
  8. Ruda Śląska (145,929)
  9. Rybnik (141,382)
  10. Tychy (130,842)
  11. Dąbrowa Górnicza (129,753)
  12. Chorzów (114,434)
  13. Jaworzno (96,051)
  14. Jastrzębie-Zdrój (95,149)
  15. Mysłowice (74,988)
  16. Siemianowice Śląskie (72,451)
  17. Żory (62,625)
  18. Tarnowskie Góry (61,107)
  19. Piekary Śląskie (59,494)
  20. Będzin (58,659)
  21. Racibórz (57,352)
  22. Świętochłowice (55,172)
  23. Zawiercie (52,926)
  24. Wodzisław Śląski (49,319)
  1. Knurów (39,823)
  2. Mikołów (38,392)
  3. Cieszyn (36,014)
  4. Czechowice-Dziedzice (34,811)
  5. Czeladź (34,173)
  6. Myszków (32,830)
  7. Żywiec (32,078)
  8. Czerwionka-Leszczyny (28,486)
  9. Pszczyna (25,621)
  10. Lubliniec (24,229)
  11. Rydułtowy (21,950)
  12. Łaziska Górne (21,906)
  13. Bieruń (19,642)
  14. Pyskowice (19,127)
  15. Orzesze (18,830)
  16. Radlin (17,673)
  17. Radzionków (17,220)
  18. Lędziny (16,156)
  19. Ustroń (15,420)
  20. Skoczów (14,641)
  21. Pszów (14,012)
  22. Kłobuck (13,193)
  23. Wisła (11,453)
  24. Blachownia (9,863)
  1. Wojkowice (9,434)
  2. Poręba (8,784)
  3. Kalety (8,657)
  4. Imielin (7,887)
  5. Miasteczko Śląskie (7,368)
  6. Łazy (7,139)
  7. Sławków (6,833)
  8. Koniecpol (6,303)
  9. Szczyrk (5,860)
  10. Siewierz (5,528)
  11. Kuźnia Raciborska (5,517)
  12. Krzepice (4,524)
  13. Ogrodzieniec (4,465)
  14. Żarki (4,419)
  15. Woźniki (4,410)
  16. Szczekociny (3,912)
  17. Toszek (3,822)
  18. Strumień (3,397)
  19. Wilamowice (2,818)
  20. Koziegłowy (2,505)
  21. Krzanowice (2,207)
  22. Pilica (1,971)
  23. Sośnicowice (1,747)

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