Mikołów
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Mikołów [miˈkɔwuf] (German: Nikolai, Silesian: Mikołōw) is a town 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 Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] 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.
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Mikołów | |
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Coordinates: 50°10′N 18°54′E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Silesian |
County | Mikołów |
Gmina | Mikołów (urban gmina) |
First mentioned | 1222 |
Town rights | 1547 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Stanisław Piechula |
Area | |
• City | 79.2 km2 (30.6 sq mi) |
Population (2019-06-30[1]) | |
• City | 40,898 |
• Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,746,000 |
• Metro | 5,294,000 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 43–190 to 43–197 |
Area code | +48 32 |
Car plates | SMI |
Climate | Dfb |
Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
National roads | |
Voivodeship roads | |
Website | https://mikolow.eu/ |
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It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Silesian Voivodeship.