Katowice urban area

English: Katowice conurbation,^[6][7] Upper Silesian conurbation,^{[8][9][10][11]} Silesian conurbation,^[12] Upper Silesian urban area^[13][14].
Polish: konurbacja katowicka,^[15] konurbacja górnośląska,^[16][17] konurbacja śląska,^[12][18] konurbacja śląsko-dąbrowska,^[19][20] aglomeracja katowicka,^[21] aglomeracja górnośląska^{[22][23][24][25]}.

In the years 2008–2017, the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia encompassed the 14 cities with powiat rights of the urban area. In 2017, it was replaced by the Metropolis GZM, however, the latter includes a total of 41 gminas of the wider Katowice metropolitan area, and doesn't include Jaworzno due to political reasons.

According to Statistics Poland, the Katowice urban area consists of 19 bordering cities in the Silesian Voivodeship: Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Jaworzno, Katowice, Knurów, Mikołów, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świętochłowice, Sosnowiec, Tychy, Tarnowskie Góry, and Zabrze.^[1]

The cities and statistics (1 January 2008):^[26]

• Metropolis GZM
• Upper Silesian Industrial Region
• Upper Silesian Coal Basin
• Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area