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{{other places|Sosnowiec (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Sosnowiec | settlement_type = [[City with powiat rights|City county]] | image_skyline = {{multiple image | border = infobox | total_width = 270 | image_style = border:1; | perrow = 1/2/2/1 | image1 = Plac Powstańców Styczniowych oraz budynek dworca kolejowego Sosnowiec Główny, Sosnowiec, 24 czerwiec 2024, KsP (cropped).jpg{{!}}Sosnowiec Główny railway station | image2 = Sosnowiec, Sielec, Zamek Sielecki, KsP 02 (cropped)2.jpg{{!}}Medieval Sielecki Castle in the Sielec district | image3 = Katedra p.w. Wniebowzięcia NMP w Sosnowcu (cropped).jpg{{!}}Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | image4 = Sosnowiec Modrzejowska.jpg{{!}}Modrzejowska Street | image5 = Neobarokowy pałac Schoena w Sosnowcu w zimie, widok od strony północnej- siedziba muzeum.jpg{{!}}Schön Palace = Sosnowiec Museum }} | image_caption = {{hlist|Left to right: [[Sosnowiec Główny railway station|Main railway station]]|[[Sielecki Castle]]|[[Sosnowiec Cathedral]]|Modrzejowska Street|Old [[Schön Palace|Schön's Palace]]}} | image_flag = POL Sosnowiec flag.svg | image_shield = POL Sosnowiec COA.svg | image_blank_emblem = SOSNOWIEC_LOGO.png | blank_emblem_type = Brandmark | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = right | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Silesian Voivodeship|name=Silesian}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]] | subdivision_name2 = ''city county'' | leader_title = City mayor | leader_name = [[Arkadiusz Chęciński]] ([[Civic Coalition (Poland)|KO]]) | established_title3 = City rights | established_date3 = 1902 | area_total_km2 = 90.16 | population_as_of = 31 December 2022 | population_total = 189,178 {{decrease}} ([[List of cities and towns in Poland|17th]])<ref name=ludność>{{cite web|title=GUS Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2023 roku|url=http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5515/3/17/1/rocznik_demograficzny_2023_zakladki_pl.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> | population_density_km2 = 2075 | population_urban = 2746000 | population_metro = 4620624 | population_demonym = sosnowiczanin (male) <br/> sosnowiczanka (female) ([[Polish language|pl]]) | timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset = +1 | timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset_DST = +2 | coordinates = {{coord|50|17|N|19|08|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}} | elevation_m = 250 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 41-200 to 41-225 | area_code = +48 32 | blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]] | blank_info = SO | blank_name_sec2 = Primary airport | blank_info_sec2 = [[Katowice Airport]] | website = {{URL|www.sosnowiec.pl}} | module = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=10 |height=300 |width= | stroke-width=1 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}} }} '''Sosnowiec'''{{efn| * Pronunciation: ** {{IPAc-en|UK|s|ɒ|s|ˈ|n|ɒ|v|j|ɛ|t|s}}<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Sosnowiec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182307/https://www.lexico.com/definition/sosnowiec |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=Sosnowiec |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> ** {{IPAc-en|US|-|ˈ|n|ɔː|v|-|,_|-|ˈ|n|oʊ|v|-}}<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Sosnowiec|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Sosnowiec|access-date=2 August 2019}}</ref> ** {{IPA|pl|sɔsˈnɔvjɛts|lang|Pl-Sosnowiec-2.ogg}}' * [[German language|German]]: ''Sosnowice'', ''Sosnowitz'' * [[Russian language|Russian]]: ''Сосновец'', transcription: ''Sosnovyets'' * [[Silesian language|Silesian]]: ''Sosnowjec''}} is an industrial [[city with powiat rights|city county]] in the [[Dąbrowa Basin]] of southern [[Poland]], in the [[Silesian Voivodeship]], which is also part of the [[Metropolis GZM]] municipal association.<ref name="Ustawa">{{cite news |title=Silesian Metropolis. The bill has been passed. Why it matters? |trans-title=Metropolia śląska. Ustawa metropolitalna przyjęta. Czemu to ważne dla okolic Katowic? |publisher=[[Wyborcza]].pl |quote=W połowie marca parlament przegłosował ustawę metropolitalną dla konurbacji katowickiej. Nowy twór - metropolia śląska, nie ma jednego centrum; rolę takich centrów odgrywają Katowice, Gliwice i Sosnowiec. Topografia metropolii śląskiej (z Sosnowcem włącznie) jest pokazana na mapie. Zwróć się do poradni gdy masz kłopoty ze wzrokiem. |url=http://biqdata.wyborcza.pl/biqdata/7,159116,22156800,metropolia-slaska-ustawa-metropolitalna-przyjeta-czemu-to.html |author=Szymon Pifczyk |date=April 4, 2017}}<br>—— {{cite journal |journal=Dz.U. 2017 Poz. 730 |publisher=Kancelaria Sejmu |pages=1–12 |date=2017-04-13 |title=USTAWA z dnia 9 marca 2017 r. o związku metropolitalnym w województwie śląskim, pod nazwą Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia. Pozytywna opinia Wojewody |url=http://www.gzm.org.pl/project/zdjeciaDodatkowe/opinia%20wojewoda.pdf}}</ref> Located in the eastern part of the [[Upper Silesian Industrial Region]], Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the [[Katowice urban area]], which is a [[conurbation]] with a total population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater [[Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area]] populated by about 5.3 million people.<ref>[[European Spatial Planning Observation Network]] (ESPON) [https://www.espon.eu/sites/default/files/attachments/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf Study on Urban Functions.] ESPON project 1.4.3; April 2007, pp. 93–94. "Upper Silesian polycentric metropolitan area. Inside the Katowice morphological area, the main municipalities are Katowice (338), Sosnowiec (240), Gliwice (208), Bytom (200), Zabrze (196), Ruda Slaska (153), Tychy (130), Dabrowa Gornicza (130), and Chorzow (120). Nine other municipalities have less than 100,000 inhabitants."</ref> The population of the city is 189,178 as of December 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=GUS |date=2023 |title=Rocznik demograficzny 2023 |url=http://stat.gov.pl/download/gfx/portalinformacyjny/pl/defaultaktualnosci/5515/3/17/1/rocznik_demograficzny_2023_zakladki_pl.pdf |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=www.stat.gov.pl}}</ref>
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