Rybnik

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Rybnik

Total population

133,772

Coordinates50.10°, 18.54°

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

Overview

Rybnik is a city in southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, around 38 km (24 mi) southwest of Katowice, the region's capital, and around 19 km (12 mi) from the Czech border. It is one of the major cities of the Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area with a population of 5.3 million and the main city of the so-called Subregion Zachodni, previously also known as the Rybnik Coal Area. The city currently has a population of 122,026 inhabitants as of December 31, 2025.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Theofil Kupka

Silesian politician (1885-1920)

Adam Gawęda

Polish politician

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Kornelia Kubińska

Polish cross-country skier

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Błażej Radler

Polish footballer

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Krzysztof Król

Polish association football player

Gerard Bernacki

Polish Catholic bishop (1942–2018)

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Hans Potyka

German politician (1913-1968)

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Joachim von der Marwitz

Rudolf Halaczinsky

German composer and painter (1920-1999)

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Adolf Ryszka

Polish sculptor (1935–1995)

Piotr Brzózka

Polish cyclist

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Jerzy Wójcik

Polish fencer (1916–2005)

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Teofil Adamecki

lawyer and activist (1886–1969)

Adam Konkol

Polish musician

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Adolf Pojda

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Alojzy Prus

Polish journalist

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

Nearby places in Silesia

• Przegędza
  4.3 mi away
• Piece
  4.9 mi away
• Gaszowice
  5.1 mi away
• Marklowice
  5.5 mi away
• Łuków Śląski
  6.1 mi away
• Stanowice
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,254
• Wilcza
  7 mi away · pop. 2,138
• Połomia
  7.4 mi away · pop. 2,497
• Rudy
  7.8 mi away · pop. 2,768
• Nowa Wieś
  8.2 mi away
• Pilchowice
  8.3 mi away · pop. 2,919
• Ruda Kozielska
  9.2 mi away · pop. 647

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 Rybnik

Huta Silesia Design

Marta Paszko · 2015

Przewodnik wzdłuż tras ewakuacyjnych więźniów KL Auschwitz-Birkenau przez Gliwice, Rybnik i Racibórz

Irena Pająk · 2007

Trzydzieści dni w sercu Śląska

Luis Ochoa Siguencia · 2026

Arguments about Upper Silesia

Osteuropa-Institut Breslau · 1921

Treinta días en el corazón de Silesia

Luis Ochoa Siguencia · 2025

Nad Odrą, Olzą i Bierawką podczas III powstania śląskiego

Ogólnopolskie Seminarium Historyków Powstań Śląskich i Plebiscytu (5th 1993 Rybnik, Katowice, Poland, etc.) · 1995

Industrialisierung und Nationalisierung

Lutz Budrass · 2013

Skarbnik, zmory, utopce i upiory

Jerzy Buczyński · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Bay Bolete

Imleria badia

Seen 2026-10-06

King Bolete

Boletus edulis

Seen 2026-10-06

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-10-06

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-05

Hjelmqvist's Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii

Seen 2026-10-05

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-10-04

Prussian Carp

Carassius gibelio

Seen 2026-10-03

Platydracus stercorarius

Platydracus stercorarius

Seen 2026-10-03

Plums-and-Custard

Tricholomopsis rutilans

Seen 2026-10-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).