Sosnowiec [sɔsˈnɔvjɛt͡s] ( listen) is a ceity in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in soothren Poland, near Katowice. It is ane o the central destricts o the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis wi a combined population o ower twa million fowk locatit in the Silesian Hielands, on the Brynica river (tributary o the Vistula).
It is situatit in the Silesian Voivodeship syne its formation in 1999. Previously, it wis pairt o Katowice Voivodeship. Sosnowiec is ane o the ceities o the 2.7 million person conurbation - Katowice urban aurie an athin a greater Silesian metropolitan aurie populatit bi aboot 5,294,000 fowk[1]. The population o the ceity is 220,450 (Juin 2009)[2].
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Its name comes frae Pols sosna, referrin tae the pine forests which wur common prior tae 1830. It wis oreeginally kent as Sosnowice. Ither variations o the name include Sosnowietz, Sosnowitz, Sosnovitz (Yiddish), Sosnovyts, Sosnowyts, Sosnovytz, Sosnowytz, Сосновец (Russian), Sosnovetz. There are 5 ither smawer touns in Poland cried Sosnowiec an aw. They are locatit in the regions o Bydgoszcz, Kielce, Łódź, Łomża, and Opole.
Twin touns — Sister ceities
Sosnowiec is twinned wi:
, Les Mureaux
, Suceava
, Roubaix
, Komárom
, Casablanca
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