Częstochowa

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Częstochowa

Total population

204,730

Coordinates50.81°, 19.11°

Demographic figures from Statistics Poland (GUS). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Częstochowa is a city in southern Poland on the Warta with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of Lesser Poland, not Silesia, and before the 1795 Partition of Poland, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Zygfryd Wolniak

Polish politician (1922–1970)

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Aleksander Grabara

Polish engineer

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Edmund Ujma

Polish politician

Edward Gubała

Polish master mariner (1904–1980)

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Florian Trawiński

French art curator (1850–1906)

Wacław Tokarz

Polish officer and historian

Wacława Marek

Polish politician

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Waldemar Modestowicz

Polish theatre director

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Walenty Obraniak

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Walerian Bayerlein

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Wanda Markowska

Polish writer

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Wiesław Brągoszewski

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Wiesław Szymański

Polish writer

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Wiesław Radomski

Polish sportsperson

Wiktor Pełka

Polish test pilot (1913–1996)

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Wilhelm Kohn

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Silesia

• Brzeziny Wielkie
  3.8 mi away
• Wierzchowisko
  4.2 mi away · pop. 856
• Wola Kiedrzyńska
  4.5 mi away · pop. 324
• Szarlejka
  4.9 mi away · pop. 812
• Lgota
  4.9 mi away · pop. 522
• Wyrazów
  5 mi away · pop. 639
• Zawodzie
  5.1 mi away
• Sobuczyna
  5.3 mi away
• Słowik
  5.3 mi away · pop. 886
• Biała
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,521
• Huta Stara B
  5.4 mi away
• Walaszczyki
  5.4 mi away

Browse all places in Silesia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Częstochowa

Trzydzieści dni w sercu Śląska

Luis Ochoa Siguencia · 2026

Treinta días en el corazón de Silesia

Luis Ochoa Siguencia · 2025

Zabytki ludowej kultury na Śląsku i w Częstochowie

Barbara Bazielich · 1975

Search results from Open Library.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Częstochowa, sourced from Wikidata.

• Q27580295

  festival

  Jan 1, 1962

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

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