Orzesze

Orzesze (, Silesian: Ôrzeszŏ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

Key facts

Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mikołów
Settlement.name: Orzesze
Settlement.image_skyline: 2022 Powiat mikołowski, Orzesze, Kościół Świętych Piotra i Pawła 04.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saints Peter and Paul
Settlement.image_shield: POL Orzesze COA.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 22px Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina

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Orzesze (, Silesian: Ôrzeszŏ) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Metropolis GZM – metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Orzesze 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. The population of the town is 21,043 as of 2019.