Poland's largest city is... NOT Warsaw!

[Loki]

It's true. The largest city in Poland is the Silesian Metropolis, with at its core the municipality of Katowice. More populous than Warzaw, and the extended metropolitan area has almost twice the population of Warsaw's.

It's also the economic heart of Poland. And it used to have a majority of German inhabitants up to 1945.

[Peterski]

And it used to have a majority of German inhabitants up to 1945.

Not really, as it became part of Poland already in 1922 after the Silesian Plebiscite and Uprisings:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Voivodeship_(1920–39)#Administrative_divi sions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Uprisings

Even before that it wasn't very German, although the city of Katowice itself was mostly German:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?241851-Population-of-present-day-Poland-ca-1900

https://i.imgur.com/x11zUV8.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0b413-CUAAuzGP.png

http://opolskie.regiopedia.pl/sites/default/files/imagecache/width630px/photos/105242-mapa.jpg

https://i.stack.imgur.com/PPFOU.jpg

[Peterski]

In year 1900 Warsaw was very Jewish, Poles were slightly more than 1/2 of inhabitants. Cracow had the highest % of ethnic Polish inhabitants, followed by Poznań (Posen) as 2nd. Lwów (now Lviv) with its over 200 thousand inhabitants was the 2nd largest city after Warsaw which had ethnic Polish majority. Chicago had the highest absolute number of Poles of any city, Warsaw was 2nd.

[Ülev]

maybe Rethel moved to Katowice?

[Rethel]

maybe Rethel moved to Katowice?

A co, ja Hanys jestem, żeby tam się doczadzać?

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

I don't know where you are getting your data from but Warsaw is by far the biggest city, followed by Krakow. Katowice is barely on the top 10.

If you are comparing metropolitan areas then maybe but I think 5 million inhabitants is exaggerated, it must have about the same as Warsaw's metropolitan area.

[Loki]

I don't know where you are getting your data from but Warsaw is by far the biggest city, followed by Krakow. Katowice is barely on the top 10.

If you are comparing metropolitan areas then maybe but I think 5 million inhabitants is exaggerated, it must have about the same as Warsaw's metropolitan area.

You are being ignorant on purpose, and twist my words. You really are a sad old git.

I used Wikipedia numbers, you can check for yourself. I didn't make it up. And read carefully what I say. Don't wallow in your ignorance and stupidity.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

You are being ignorant on purpose, and twist my words. You really are a sad old git.

I used Wikipedia numbers, you can check for yourself. I didn't make it up. And read carefully what I say. Don't wallow in your ignorance and stupidity.

Nop, the person who is twisting things is you. You said on the thread title that Poland's Warsaw is not the largest city but that "Silesian Metropolis" is instead. As far as I am concerned, there's no such thing as a city named Silesian Metropolis, it is just a metropolitan area.

Metropolitan area ≠ City

[Ülev]

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B3rno%C5%9Bl%C4%85sko-Zag%C5%82%C4%99biowska_Metropolia

http://gzmetropolia.pl/

[Loki]

Nop, the person who is twisting things is you. You said on the thread title that Poland's Warsaw is not the largest city but that "Silesian Metropolis" is instead. As far as I am concerned, there's no such thing as a city named Silesian Metropolis, it is just a metropolitan area.

Metropolitan area ≠ City

Wikipedia must have made it all up then, sorry.

[Ülev]

1 April 2016

1 kwietnia 2016 powstało SuperMiasto SILESIA! Kto będzie jego prezydentem? = On 1 April 2016, Super City SILESIA was created! Who will be its president?

https://tvs.pl/informacje/1-kwietnia-2015-powstalo-supermiasto-silesia-kto-bedzie-jego-prezydentem/

but that was wrote on 1 April ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

[Rethel]

Who will be its president?


Prawdziwy Hanys, który się Gorolom
nie kłonio, ani Sosnowca nie uwożo...

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Jx81BqE7AE/hqdefault.jpg

[Loki]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Metropolis

In a sense it can be compared with the Ruhr conurbation in Germany. Berlin as a single city may be larger, but the Ruhr - wih Essen at its core - has more inhabitants.

[Art23]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesian_Metropolis

In a sense it can be compared with the Ruhr conurbation in Germany.

which is not a very attractive place with ecology problems and high unemployment. I hope Katowice is better.

[Peterski]

I hope Katowice is better.

"Katowice nocą, ze spiżową mocą i z waszą pomocą, damy czadu dziś!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdxCZOCwtGk

[Bobby Martnen]

The second largest Polish city is Szykago, Illinoj