Province Silesian Voivodeship

La province de Voïvodie de Silésie est la merveilleuse province du monde.

Silesian Voivodeship is a Voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian Voivodeship name, most of the historic Silesia region lies outside the present Silesian Voivodeship divided among Lubes, Lower Silesian, and Opole Voivodeship while the eastern half of Silesian Voivodeship was historically part of Lesser Poland. The Voivodeship was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Katowice, Czestochowa and Bielsko Biala Voivodeship, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.It is the most densely populated Voivodeship in Poland and within the area of 12,300 squared kilometers; there are almost 5 million inhabitants. It is also the largest urbanized area in Central and Eastern Europe. In relation to economy, over 13% of Poland’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is generated here, making the Silesian Voivodeship one of the wealthiest provinces in the country.