[2] It lies within the areas of the historic regions of Upper Silesia, Kraków Basin [pl] and Dąbrowa Basin.

It is sometimes considered a part of the polycentric Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area, which has a population of 5.3 million people (2002).

[14] Also this is (with Kraków metropolitan area among others) a part of Kraków-Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan region [Wikidata],[15][16][17] which has a population of around 6.8 million.

The Metropolis GZM[29] (Polish: Metropolia GZM, formally in Polish Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia)[30] is a metropolitan association composed of 41 contiguous municipalities in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, created on 1 July 2017.

[31] The Metropolis GZM does not include Jaworzno, whose authorities decided not to join the association.