Kraków Metropolitan Area (pl. ''Krakowski Obszar Metropolitalny'') is a peculiar functional region including a big city -
Kraków and neighbouring complex of settling units, connected with the metropolis by different interactive relations. Area including the city of
Kraków and neighbouring powiats.
Economy
In 2020 Kraków's
gross metropolitan product was €25.5 billion. This puts Kraków in
95th place among cities in
European Union.
Participating municipalities
The Małopolskie Voivodship Spatial Development Plan admitted by the resolution No. XV/174/03 of the
Małopolskie Voivodship Regional Council, dated 22 December 2003, determined the extent of the metropolitan area, consisting of:
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Kraków – largest city
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powiat bocheński
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Bochnia County ( pl, powiat bocheński) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...
– gminas:
** urban –
Bochnia,
** urban-rural –
Nowy Wiśnicz,
** rural – Bochnia, Drwinia, Łapanów, Rzezawa, Trzciana, Żegocina,
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powiat krakowski
A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...
– gminas:
** urban-rural –
Krzeszowice,
Skała,
Skawina,
Słomniki
Słomniki is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Słomniki lies north of Kraków, among the hills of Lesser Poland Upland. On December 31, 2010, it ...
,
Świątniki Górne,
** rural – Czernichów, Igołomia-Wawrzeńczyce, Iwanowice, Jerzmanowice-Przeginia, Kocmyrzów-Luborzyca, Liszki, Michałowice, Mogilany, Sułoszowa, Wielka Wieś,
Zabierzów,
Zielonki,
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powiat miechowski
A ''powiat'' (pronounced ; Polish plural: ''powiaty'') is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture ( LAU-1, formerly NUTS-4) in other countries. The term "''powiat ...
– gminas:
** rural – Gołcza,
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powiat myślenicki – gminas:
** urban-rural –
Dobczyce,
Myślenice,
Sułkowice,
** rural – Lubień, Pcim, Raciechowice, Siepraw, Tokarnia, Wiśniowa,
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powiat olkuski – gminas:
** rural – Trzyciąż,
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powiat proszowicki – gminas:
** urban-rural –
Proszowice
Proszowice is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Kraków Voivodeship (1975–1998). Its population numbers 6,206 inhabitants (2004). It is the capital of Proszowice County, and the t ...
,
** rural – Koniusza, Koszyce, Nowe Brzesko,
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powiat wadowicki
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Wadowice County ( pl, powiat wadowicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local governmen ...
- gminas:
** urban-rural –
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska,
Wadowice,
** rural – Brzeźnica,
Lanckorona, Stryszów,
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powiat wielicki
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Wieliczka County ( pl, powiat wielicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government ...
– gminas:
** urban-rural –
Niepołomice,
Wieliczka,
** rural – Biskupice, Gdów, Kłaj.
See also
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Metropolitan areas in Poland
References
Metropolitan areas of Poland
Geography of Kraków
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