Miasteczko Śląskie

Miasteczko Śląskie

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Miasteczko Śląskie
Coordinates: 50°29′N 18°54′E / 50.483°N 18.900°E / 50.483; 18.900
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County Tarnowskie Góry
Gmina Miasteczko Śląskie (urban gmina)
Established 16th century
Government
 • Mayor Bronisław Drozdz
Area
 • Total 67.83 km2 (26.19 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 7,347
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 40-001 to 40-999
Area code(s) +48 32
Car plates STA
Website http://www.miasteczko-slaskie.pl

Miasteczko Śląskie [mʲasˈtɛt͡ʂkɔ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ] (German: Georgenberg) is a small town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Miasteczko Śląskie is one of the towns of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[1] The population of the town is 7,347 (2008).[2]

Industry

The largest factory in the town is the Miasteczko Śląskie Zinc Smelter. This metallurgical plant was originally built under license for the British company Imperial Smelting Processes of Bristol. Now a modern plant, ore processing is carried out in a continuous process, producing both zinc and lead. The complex comprises: a sintering plant, a sulphuric acid plant, a rotary furnace, and a lead refinery.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the smelter was a major source of atmospheric emissions of lead and other heavy metals in the northern part of the Katowice Voivodeship. In the early 1990s, several sections of the plant were closed, and modern abatement equipment was installed on the sections left working. This led to the net reduction of heavy metal emissions to air.

References

  1. ↑ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)
  2. ↑ Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 - Central Statistical Office in Poland ISSN 1505-5507 , 13.08.2008

Coordinates: 50°29′N 18°54′E / 50.483°N 18.900°E / 50.483; 18.900

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