Łódź

Łódź is located west southwest of Warszawa (Warsaw) in its own province (Łódźkie) in Polska (Poland). It has a metropolitan population of 1.164 million,¹ with 754 thousand in the city proper.² It was of mixed ethnicity (Polish and German Christians, and Jews) when it gained industrial status, but the terrible 20th century left it with only Polish Christians. The tallest building is a 23 story residential tower: Pilsudskiego 7.³

External references

mural in Łódź in Polska (Poland)

Historical maps

Footnotes

1. Large urban zone population as of 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_areas_in_Poland, Eurostat LUZ column, accessed 12/18/2013.
2. Figures for 2007 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Poland, accessed 12/18/2013.
3. Emporis.com, accessed 2/19/2014.