Sosnowiec is an industrial city with county rights in the Dabrowa Basin of southern Poland, within the Silesian Voivodeship, and is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association. Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, it is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, a conurbation of about 2.7 million people, and lies within the wider Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area of roughly 5.3 million. Its population was 189,178 as of December 2022.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Sosnowiec (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 185,930 (2024)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 50.3, longitude 19.166667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 250 m
P2046 (area)
area 91.06 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 185930 (2024)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 50.3,19.1667
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 278.0
3. 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 50.25, 19.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 19.25
50.25 19.25 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Sosnowiec - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3085128Quote, cities500 record 3085128
50.28682 19.10385 P PPL PL 83 2475 247501 227295 256 Europe/Warsaw
Wikidata: Sosnowiec
Wikidata Q105060, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Sosnowiec (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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