Kraków - PL213

EU regions: Poland > MAKROREGION POŁUDNIOWY > Lesser Poland Voivodeship > Kraków

indicator	period	value
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2020	128
number of inhabitants	2021	777 266
population density	2019	2417.5
old-age dependency ratio	2021	31.6

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Kraków

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

Data on unemployment in counties powiat of Poland are available at Local Administrative Units data.

From wikipedia:

Kraków (, also US: , UK: , Polish: [ˈkrakuf] (listen)), also spelled Cracow or Krakow in English, is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The city has grown from a Stone Age settlement to Poland's second most important city. It began as a hamlet on Wawel Hill and was already being reported as a busy trading centre of Central Europe in 965. With the establishment of new universities and cultural venues at the emergence of the Second Polish Republic in 1918 and throughout the 20th century, Kraków reaffirmed its role as a major national academic and artistic centre. The city has a population of about 770,000, with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of its main square.

After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany at the start of World War II, the newly defined Distrikt Krakau (Kraków District) became the capital of Germany's General Government. The Jewish population of the city was forced into a walled zone known as the Kraków Ghetto, from which they were sent to German extermination camps such as the nearby Auschwitz never to return, and the Nazi concentration camps like Płaszów. However, the city was spared from destruction and major bombing.

other: Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Oświęcimski, Nowosądecki, Kraków County, Nowotarski, Kraków, Tarnowski

neighbours: Kraków County

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Kraków - PL213, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/PL213

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