Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec Template:IPAc-pl is a ceety in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in soothren Poland, near Katowice. It is ane o the central destricts o the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis wi a combined population o ower twa million fowk locatit in the Silesian Hielands, on the Brynica river (tributary o the Vistula).
It is situatit in the Silesian Voivodeship syne its formation in 1999. Previously, it wis pairt o Katowice Voivodeship. Sosnowiec is ane o the ceeties o the 2.7 million person conurbation - Katowice urban aurie an athin a greater Silesian metropolitan aurie populatit bi aboot 5,294,000 fowk[1]. The population o the ceety is 220,450 (Juin 2009)[2].
Its name comes frae Pols sosna, referrin tae the pine forests which wur common prior tae 1830. It wis oreeginally kent as Sosnowice. Ither variations o the name include Sosnowietz, Sosnowitz, Sosnovitz (Yiddish), Sosnovyts, Sosnowyts, Sosnovytz, Sosnowytz, Сосновец (Russian), Sosnovetz. There are 5 ither smawer touns in Poland an aa cried Sosnowiec. They are locatit in the regions o Bydgoszcz, Kielce, Łódź, Łomża, and Opole.
[edit] Internaitional relations
[edit] Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Sosnowiec is twinned wi:
, Les Mureaux
, Suceava- , Roubaix
, Komárom
, Casablanca
[edit] References
- ↑ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) [1]
- ↑ Central Statistical Office, Warsaw 2009, Population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division, as of June 30, 2009 (PDF). Retrieved on 31 Dizember 2009. .
