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Located in the southwest of Poland, Katowice is the main city of the Silesian region. With a population just under 300,000, it is only the eleventh biggest city in Poland. However, if you include the wider metropolitan area, that population swells to2.3 million, making it the second biggest city in Poland and the 21st biggest in the entire EU.
Katowice has a history that dates back to the twelfth century, but for most of its existence, the city was relatively insignificant. It wasn’t until the nineteenth century, when what is now Poland was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, that the city really began to take off. Becoming a city in 1865, the economy of Katowice exploded thanks to coal deposits in the nearby mountains. Katowice became an industrial town and an important driver of the Polish economy.
Like much of Poland, Katowice suffered heavily under Nazi occupation in the Second World War and the Russian occupation that followed. The city was briefly named Stalinogrod in honor of the Soviet dictator during the 1950s, but soon reverted to its former name. In 1990, the first democratic elections were held in the city. Since then, this industrial town has seen significant improvements in infrastructure and has become an important center for business in Poland.