Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area
Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area
aglomeracja katowicko-ostrawska katovicko-ostravská aglomerace | |
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| Coordinates: 50°05′N 18°45′E / 50.083°N 18.750°E | |
| Country | Poland, Czech Republic |
| Region | Silesian Voivodeship (Poland), Moravian-Silesian Region (Czech Republic) |
| Largest cities | Ostrava Katowice Sosnowiec Gliwice Zabrze Bielsko-Biała Bytom |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Metro | 5,008,000 |
| • Metro density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €75.0 billion (2021) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
The Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area (also known as Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area[a] or Upper Silesian urban-industrial agglomeration) is a polycentric metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeastern Czech Republic, centered on the cities of Katowice and Ostrava, and has around 5 million inhabitants. Geographically, it is located mainly in Upper Silesia, with small parts of the area also in the historical regions of Moravia and Lesser Poland. Administratively, it is located in the three administrative units (NUTS-2 class): mainly Silesian Voivodeship and a small western part of Lesser Poland Voivodeship in Poland, and also a small eastern part of Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic.
The metropolitan area lies within the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. The Upper Silesian metropolitan area (5.3 million people), together with nearby Kraków metropolitan area (1.3 million people) and Częstochowa metropolitan area (0.4 million people), create a greater Kraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan region covering 7 million people.