Administrative Division
Silesian Voivodeship is divided into 36 counties (powiats). These include 19 city counties (far more than any other voivodeship) and 17 land counties. The counties are further divided into 167 gminas.
The counties are listed in the following table (ordering within categories is by decreasing population).
| English and Polish names |
Area |
Population |
Seat | Other towns | Total gminas |
| City counties | |||||
| Katowice | 165 | 315,996 | 1 | ||
| Częstochowa | 160 | 246,129 | 1 | ||
| Sosnowiec | 91 | 225,202 | 1 | ||
| Gliwice | 134 | 199,099 | 1 | ||
| Zabrze | 80 | 190,610 | 1 | ||
| Bytom | 69 | 187,205 | 1 | ||
| Bielsko-Biała | 125 | 176,678 | 1 | ||
| Ruda Śląska | 78 | 145,929 | 1 | ||
| Rybnik | 148 | 141,382 | 1 | ||
| Tychy | 82 | 130,842 | 1 | ||
| Dąbrowa Górnicza | 188 | 129,753 | 1 | ||
| Chorzów | 33 | 114,434 | 1 | ||
| Jaworzno | 152 | 96,051 | 1 | ||
| Jastrzębie-Zdrój | 85 | 95,149 | 1 | ||
| Mysłowice | 66 | 74,988 | 1 | ||
| Siemianowice Śląskie | 25 | 72,451 | 1 | ||
| Żory | 65 | 62,625 | 1 | ||
| Piekary Śląskie | 40 | 59,494 | 1 | ||
| Świętochłowice | 13 | 55,172 | 1 | ||
| Land counties | |||||
| Cieszyn County powiat cieszyński |
730 | 171,029 | Cieszyn | Ustroń, Skoczów, Wisła, Strumień | 12 |
| Wodzisław County powiat wodzisławski |
287 | 155,228 | Wodzisław Śląski | Rydułtowy, Radlin, Pszów | 9 |
| Będzin County powiat będziński |
368 | 151,122 | Będzin | Czeladź, Wojkowice, Sławków, Siewierz | 8 |
| Bielsko County powiat bielski |
457 | 150,764 | Bielsko-Biała * | Czechowice-Dziedzice, Szczyrk, Wilamowice | 10 |
| Żywiec County powiat żywiecki |
1,040 | 149,492 | Żywiec | 15 | |
| Tarnowskie Góry County powiat tarnogórski |
643 | 137,979 | Tarnowskie Góry | Radzionków, Kalety, Miasteczko Śląskie | 9 |
| Częstochowa County powiat częstochowski |
1,519 | 133,553 | Częstochowa * | Blachownia, Koniecpol | 16 |
| Zawiercie County powiat zawierciański |
1,003 | 124,127 | Zawiercie | Poręba, Łazy, Ogrodzieniec, Szczekociny, Pilica | 10 |
| Gliwice County powiat gliwicki |
663 | 114,963 | Gliwice * | Knurów, Pyskowice, Toszek, Sośnicowice | 8 |
| Racibórz County powiat raciborski |
544 | 111,505 | Racibórz | Kuźnia Raciborska, Krzanowice | 8 |
| Pszczyna County powiat pszczyński |
473 | 104,638 | Pszczyna | 6 | |
| Mikołów County powiat mikołowski |
232 | 91,022 | Mikołów | Łaziska Górne, Orzesze | 5 |
| Kłobuck County powiat kłobucki |
889 | 84,730 | Kłobuck | Krzepice | 9 |
| Lubliniec County powiat lubliniecki |
822 | 76,628 | Lubliniec | Woźniki | 8 |
| Rybnik County powiat rybnicki |
225 | 73,527 | Rybnik * | Czerwionka-Leszczyny | 5 |
| Myszków County powiat myszkowski |
479 | 71,619 | Myszków | Żarki, Koziegłowy | 5 |
| Bieruń-Lędziny County powiat bieruńsko-lędziński |
157 | 55,868 | Bieruń | Lędziny, Imielin | 5 |
| * seat not part of the county | |||||
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