Lędziny

Lędziny
Library in the town centre
Lędziny
Coordinates: 50°7′37″N 19°6′44″E / 50.12694°N 19.11222°E / 50.12694; 19.11222
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
CountyBieruń-Lędziny
GminaLędziny (urban gmina)
Area
  City
31.48 km2 (12.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30)
  City
16,776
  Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
  Urban
2,746,000
  Metro
5,294,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationSBL
Primary airportKatowice Airport
Websitehttp://www.ledziny.pl

Lędziny ([lɛnˈd͡ʑinɨ]; German: Lendzin; Silesian: Lyńdźiny) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Outer town of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million which is located in the Silesian Highlands. The population of the town is 16,776 (2019).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Lędziny 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.