Dolny Slask
Capital: Wroclaw
Website: http://dolnyslask.pl/
Description
It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Wroclaw, Legnica, Walbrzych and Jelenia Góra voivodships as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Located in south-western Poland and occupying 6.4% of its area, Lower Silesia is one of the country's 16 provinces (voivodships). The Lower Silesia Voivodship borders on the Czech Republic in the south and Germany (Saxony) in the west. The neighbouring provinces are the Lubuskie, Great Poland and Opolskie voivodships.
The region has three distinctive zones: the lowland occupied by the Lower Silesian Forests and the humid Milicz Forests in the north; the Silesian Lowland along the valley of the Odra River in the central part; and the rugged foothills of the picturesque Sudety mountains in the south (many spas).
Lower Silesia is inhabited by 7.7 % of Poland's population. Most of Lower Silesians inhabit 89 towns of the voivodship. More than 30% of the region's population inhabits its four biggest cities, with an equal percentage living in the region's 2,930 villages. The region's capital, Wroclaw, is Poland's fourth most populated (640,000 inhabitants) city. Lower Silesia Voivodship is divided into 30 counties (powiat), including four municipal counties, and 169 communes.
The region's leading industry sectors include electrical machinery, electronics, motor vehicle, power, construction, chemical and food-processing industries, while the traditional industries include coal, copper ore and mineral resources mining and the production of clothes, fabrics and china.
Key Statistics
Area : 19,948 km²
Total population: 2,893,055 inhabitants
Population age group |
No. of inhabitants |
% |
55 - 59 |
183,055 |
6.33 |
60 - 64 |
107,886 |
3.73 |
65 - 69 |
118,050 |
4.08 |
70 - 74 |
109,100 |
3.77 |
75 - 79 |
87,543 |
3.03 |
80 + |
71,164 |
2.46 |
Total 55 + |
676,798 |
23.40 |
Population density: 145 inhabitants per km²
Working population : 912,600 people
GDP per inhabitant: 5,130€
Further statistics on the demographic change in Poland
Contact Information
Wybrzeze Slowackiego 12-14, 0-411 Wroclaw, Poland
Phone: +48 71 776 9450, +48 71 776 9035
Fax: +48 71 776 9312
E-Mail: wojciech dot olszewski at dolnyslask dot pl
E-Mail: maria dot bogowolska-wepsiec at umwd dot pl
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