Pszczyna is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland, with a population of 25,823 as of 2019. It is the seat of a local gmina and county, covers about 21.86 square kilometers, and has a recorded history reaching back to 1303.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude49.983333 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Pszczyna (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 25,565 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 49.983333, longitude 18.95
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 262 m
P2046 (area)
area 21.86 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 25565 (2021)
View the Source2. Pszczyna (Wikipedia)
History
The modern town (around Market Square) was probably founded in the second half of the 13th century.
Source text, founding-year: 1303
The first reference in sources to the place dates from 1303.
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source3. GeoNames: Pszczyna - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3087705
49.98037 18.95382 P PPLA2 PL 83 2410 241005 25288 242 Europe/Warsaw
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 242 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.75, 18.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.75, 18.75
49.75 18.75 Dfb
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