Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is a city in Poland with a population of about 227,295.
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association. Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, Sosnowiec is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area, which is a conurbation with a total population of 2.7 million people; as well as the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5.3 million people. The population of the city is 189,178 as of December 2022.
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About Sosnowiec
| Country | Poland |
| Continent | Europe |
| Explore | 83 |
| Population | 227,295 |
| Local currency | PLN |
| Coordinates | 50.2868, 19.1039 |
| Time zone | Europe/Warsaw |
🧭 Facts & curiosities
| Settlement type | City |
| Distance to the capital | 254 km · Warsaw |
| Population (Poland) | #14 most populated in Poland |
| Where on Earth | 50°17′13″N · 19°6′14″E |
| Hemisphere | N · E |
| Distance to the equator | 5,598 km |
| Distance to the North Pole | 4,421 km |
| Did you know | More populous than 100% of all places |
| Same latitude as | Aktobe (Kazakhstan) |
| Antipode (other side of Earth) | -50.29, -160.90 |
✈️ Distance to major cities
| Paris | 1,216 km |
| London | 1,352 km |
| Moscow | 1,374 km |
| Cairo | 2,468 km |
| Dubai | 4,160 km |
| New York | 6,851 km |