It produces 27–28 TWh of electricity per year, or 20% of the total power generation in Poland.

[5] 8,000 people work directly for the company that runs the coal mine and electricity plants.

[5] One municipal division of Bełchatów comprises numerous housing estates, including the Budowlanych housing estate located in the central part of the town (close to the "Kultura" cinema, the Municipal Cultural Center, the Town Hall and the church).

Other municipal divisions of Bełchatów include Dobrzelów District, Grocholice, and the following housing estates: Grocholice was a private church town, whereas Bełchatów, Dobrzelów and Zdzieszulice were private villages of Polish nobility, administratively located in the Piotrków County in the Sieradz Voivodeship in the Greater Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.

[6] The officially protected traditional food of Bełchatów (as designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland) is wyborowa krówka bełchatowska, a local type of krówka (traditional Polish candy).