Pyskowice

Pyskowice
Pyskowice
	Town square with historic tenements
	Coat of arms
	Pyskowice
	Coordinates: 50°23′N 18°37′E / 50.383°N 18.617°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Gliwice
Gmina	Pyskowice (urban gmina)
First mentioned	1256
Government
• Mayor	Adam Wójcik
Area
• City	31.89 km2 (12.31 sq mi)
Population (2019-06-30)
• City	18,432
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	2,746,000
• Metro	5,294,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	44-120
Car plates	SGL
Climate	Cfb
Primary airport	Katowice Airport
Website	http://www.pyskowice.pl/

Pyskowice [pɨskɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] ^ⓘ (German: Peiskretscham) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Outer city of the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Pyskowice is one of the towns of the 2.7 million conurbation – Katowice urban area and within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.^[2] The population of the town is 18,432 (2019). It borders Gliwice, one of the largest cities of the metropolitan area, in the south.

^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-28.

[1] "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-02-14.

[2] European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-28.

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