Gliwice is an industrial city in southern Poland with 200,361 inhabitants (2004) on the Kłodnica River, about 20 km to the west from Katowice.
Gliwice is one of the main centers of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, the largest legally-recognized urban entity in Poland, with the population of the greater metropolitan area of 3,487,000.
Gliwice has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was in Katowice Voivodeship. |