Lędziny

Also known as Lendziny

Lędziny (; ; ) 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).

Key facts

Settlement.name: Lędziny
Settlement.image_skyline: Lędziny Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna 5.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Library in the town centre
Settlement.image_shield: POL Lędziny COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 22px Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bieruń-Lędziny
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Lędziny (urban gmina)

Article

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Contents

History
Districts
Sports
Twin towns – sister cities
References
External links

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.