Mikołów

Also known as Nikolai, Nicolai, Mikulov, Mikołůw

Mikołów (, ) is a city in Silesia, in southern Poland, near the city of Katowice. Outer town of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of over 2 million, and is within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 40,898 (2019). Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Jamna stream, a tributary of the Kłodnica River and indirectly the Oder.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Mikołów
Settlement.image_skyline: Mikołów - Ratusz2.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 260px
Settlement.image_caption: Market Square and Town Hall
Settlement.image_shield: POL Mikołów COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland#Poland Silesian Voivodeship
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 22px Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mikołów
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Mikołów (urban gmina)
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Stanisław Piechula
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1222

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections

Contents

History
World War II
Jewish history
Districts
Notable people
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 Silesian Voivodeship.

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