Ruda Śląska
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  Ruda Śląska
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Silesian | ||
| County | city county | ||
| Established | 13th century | ||
| Town rights | 1959 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Andrzej Stania | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 77.7 km² (30 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| - City | 149,346 | ||
| - Density | 1,922.1/km² (4,978.2/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 3,487,000 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 41-700 to 41-718 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 32 | ||
| Car plates | SRS, SL | ||
| Website: http://www.rudaslaska.pl/ | |||
Ruda Śląska [ˈruda ˈɕlɔ̃ska] (
listen) is a city in south Poland with 149,000 inhabitants (2001),
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), having previously been in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998). The town is divided into the following neighbourhoods:
1. Ruda
2. Czarny Las
3. Godula
4. Orzegów
5. Bykowina
6. Halemba
7. Kochłowice
8. Chebzie
9. Nowy Bytom
10. Wirek
11. Bielszowice
- Education
- Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa
- Sports
- Zgoda Ruda Śląska - women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: Polish Cup winner 2004; 6th place in 2003/2004 season.
- Famous people
- Otylia Jędrzejczak (born December 13, 1983) - Olympic gold medalist and world record-holder in swimming
- Ernest Pohl
- Erwin Wilczek
- Marcin Baszczynski
- Pawel Cyganek
Ruda Śląska is the largest population center in Poland never to have been visited by Lech Wałęsa.
- Infrastructure
Since 1950 Ruda Śląska is site of a transmission facility, which was used from 1950 to 1988 for medium wave broadcasting.
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