General information

City of Kielce - general information

Population - 210,311 (as at 31 March 2004 according to the Statistical Office in Kielce)

Total area - 109.45 (in sq. km).

Location - Central Poland, 200 38' east longitude and 500 53' north latitude

The capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is located on the western edge of the Kielecko-Łagowska Valley, surrounded by the forested Tumlińskie Hills to the north, theDymiński Range to the southeast, Range to the northeast, theDymiński Range to the southeast, the Posłowicki Range to the south, and the Zgórski Range to the southwest. The Kadzielnia Range runs through Kielce itself.

Significant altitude differences (from 260 m above sea level in the Silnica Valley to 406 m above sea level on Telegraph Hill)

Major road links

No. 7 (Gdansk - Warsaw - Kielce - Krakow - Chyzne)
No. 73 (Tarnów - Kielce - Warsaw)
No. 74 (Sulejów - Kielce - Kraśnik)
No. 761 (Kielce - Częstochowa)

Distances from major cities in Poland

Warsaw - 170 km
Krakow - 117 km
Katowice - 161 km
Łódź - 140 km
Wrocław - 302 km
Poznań - 340 km
Gdańsk - 474 km

Świętokrzyskie voivodship - general information

Regional capital: Kielce

The Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship is located in the central-eastern part of the country.

The location of the voivodeship is determined by its extreme points:

to the west, the town of Dąbie (19°43' E)
to the east, the town of Zawichost (21°42' E)
to the north Kamienna Wola (51°21' N)
in the south Sędziszowice (50°10' N)

Part of the voivodeship's borders are natural - to the south-east and east they are defined by the Vistula, to the west by the Pilica. Almost the entire region (with the exception of one district of Sandomierz) is located in the left-hand side of the Vistula river basin.

The Świętokrzyskie voivodeship lies within the Małopolska Uplands, an area that includes: