Bielsko-Biała
city in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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Bielsko-Biała is a city with powiat rights in Poland[1]. Bielsko-Biała draws 2,926 Wikipedia views per month (city with powiat rights in poland category, ranking #15 of 62).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Silesian Voivodeship[3]
- Country: Poland[4]
- Continent: Europe[5]
- Instance of: city[6], big city[7]
- Shares border with: Gmina Wilamowice[8], Gmina Czechowice-Dziedzice[9], Gmina Jasienica[10], Gmina Brenna[11], Gmina Wilkowice[12], Szczyrk[13], Gmina Kozy[14], Gmina Bestwina[15], Gmina Jaworze[16], Cieszyn County[17], Bielsko County[18]
- Follows: Bielsko[19], Biała[20]
- Flag: Flagi powiatów w województwie śląskim[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Wolfsburg[22], Grand Rapids[23], Kragujevac[24], Lilienthal[25], Monreale[26], Žilina[27], Besançon[28], Acre[29], Baia Mare[30], Třinec[31], Berdiansk[32], Frýdek-Místek[33], Kirklees[34], Nyíregyháza[35]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Bielsko-Biała[36]
- Postal code: 43-300–43-382[37]
- Commons category: Bielsko-Biała[38]
- Inception: 1312[39]
- Coordinate location: 49.8225, 19.044444444444[40]
- Official website: https://bielsko-biala.pl/[41], https://bielsko-biala.pl/en[42], http://www.um.bielsko.pl[43]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bielsko-Biała[44]
- Commons gallery: Bielsko-Biała[45]
- Population: 165,127[46]
- Time of earliest written record: 1312[47]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[49], Topographia Bohemiae, Moraviae et Silesiae[50], Otto's encyclopedia[51]
- Capital of: Bielsko County[52]
- Official name: Bielsko-Biała[53]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Bielsko-Biała[54]
Why It Matters
Bielsko-Biała has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Bielsko-Biała is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]