Lędziny
Lędziny | |
|---|---|
Library in the town centre | |
| Coordinates: 50°7′37″N 19°6′44″E / 50.12694°N 19.11222°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | Bieruń-Lędziny |
| Gmina | Lędziny (urban gmina) |
| Area | |
• City | 31.48 km2 (12.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2019-06-30) | |
• City | 16,776 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 5,294,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | SBL |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
| Website | http://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.