Rybnik Coal Area
TheRybnik Coal Area(Polish:Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy,ROW) is an industrial region in southernPoland.[1]It is located in theSilesian Voivodeship,[1]in a basin between theVistulaandOderrivers, sited on theRybnik Plateau(Polish:Płaskowyż Rybnicki) betweenKatowice(Metropolis GZM) to the north andOstravaon the south-west. It is part of theKatowice-Ostrava metropolitan areapopulated by 5,294,000 people[2]and theKraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan regionpopulated by about 7 million. According to scientific description by Paweł Swianiewicz and Urszula Klimska this area has 507,000 people,[3]according toEuropean Spatial Planning Observation Network- 634,000 people (525,000[2]+ 109,000[2]by Racibórz). Area: about 1,300 km2.[1]
Main cities[edit]
Adjacent main cities and statistics (30.06.2009):[4]
| City / Town | Population | Area (km2) | Density (km−2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rybnik | 141,387 | 148.36 | 952.9 |
| Jastrzębie-Zdrój | 93,455 | 88.62 | 1,054.5 |
| Żory | 61,982 | 64.59 | 959.6 |
| Racibórz | 56,675 | 74.96 | 756.0 |
| Wodzisław Śląski | 49,386 | 49.62 | 995.2 |
| Rydułtowy | 21,833 | 14.95 | 1,460.4 |
| Radlin | 17,673 | 12.53 | 1,410.4 |
| Pszów | 13,753 | 20.42 | 673.5 |
| Total | 456,144 | 474.05 | 962.2 |
Area[edit]
Adjacent county (powiat) and statistics (30.06.2009):[4]
| County | Population | Area (km2) | Density (km2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wodzisław County | 155,733 | 286.92 | 541.0 |
| Rybnikcity-county | 141,387 | 148.36 | 952.9 |
| Racibórz County | 110,557 | 543.98 | 204.9 |
| Jastrzębie-Zdrójcity-county | 93,455 | 88.62 | 1,054.5 |
| Rybnik County[5] | 74,331 | 224.63 | 327.3 |
| Żorycity-county | 61,982 | 64.59 | 959.6 |
| Total | 637,445 | 1,357.1 | 469.4 |
History[edit]
The beginnings of ROW are related to asix-year planand the modernization of nine old hard coal mines in the Rybnik-wodzisław region, e.g. KWK Anna or KWK Marcel. In 1952, the State Economic Planning Commission commissioned work on the preparation of a development plan for ROW. It was planned to build mines in the area ofWodzisław,Żory,JejkowiceandKaczyce.Therefore, during the six-year plan, the old ones were modernized, but the construction of a new one, the first from scratch, of the 1 Maja Coal Mine inWodzisław Śląskiwas started. In the following years, plans were started to build further new mines in ROW (Rybnik Coal Area).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abc(in Polish)"Rybnicki Okręg Węglowy"-PWNEncyclopedia
- ^abcEuropean Spatial Planning Observation Network(ESPON)"Project 1.4.3".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-28.Retrieved2009-03-28.
- ^"Społeczne i polityczne zróżnicowanie aglomeracji w Polsce"Archived2009-01-24 at theWayback Machine- Paweł Swianiewicz, Urszula Klimska;University of Warsaw2005
- ^ab"Population. Size and structure by territorial division"- Central Statistical Office of Poland, 2009, ISSN 1734-6118
- ^Gmina Czerwionka-LeszczynyinRybnik Countymembership in the Rybnik Coal Area is controversial because it lies on the border Rybnik area andUpper Silesian Industrial Regionand can be considered as part of Upper Silesian Industrial Region.
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