The Katowice urban area, also known as the Upper Silesian urban area (Konurbacja górnośląska, ), is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and 22nd largest urban area in the European Union. According to Demographia, its population is 1,903,000 (August 2023).

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Administration of urban area

According to Statistics Poland, the Katowice urban area consists of 19 bordering cities in the Silesian Voivodeship: Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Jaworzno, Katowice, Knurów, Mikołów, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, Sosnowiec, Tychy, Tarnowskie Góry, and Zabrze. The cities and statistics (1 January 2008):

Metropolitan area

The Katowice urban area covers the majority of the population and area of the Katowice metropolitan area (also known as Upper Silesian metropolitan area), with a population of around 2.5 million (2023), and is a part of the Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area, which has a population of 5.3 million people (2002). Also this is (with Kraków metropolitan area among others) a part of, which has a population of around 6.8 million.

Demographics

There are given differing population numbers in different sources.