Czeladź

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Czeladź
Church in the town
Flag Coat of arms
Czeladź
Coordinates: 50°20′N 19°5′E / 50.333, 19.083
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Będzin
Gmina	Czeladź (urban gmina)
Government
- Mayor	Marek Mrozowski
Area
- Total	16.57 km² (6.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	34,173
- Density	2,062.3/km² (5,341.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	41-250
Car plates	SBE
Website: http://www.czeladz.pl

Czeladź [ˈt​͡ʂɛlat​͡ɕ] is a town in south Poland with 34,402 inhabitants (2004).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998), and historically is part of the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Zaglembia) region of Lesser Poland, adjoining the Silesia region.

[edit] Famous people from Czeladź

• Czesław Słania, postage stamp engraver
• Abraham Nahum Stencl (Avrom-Nokhem Shtentsl), Ashkenazi poet

Coordinates: 50°19′N, 19°04′E

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