Wrocław Facts & Figures

Territory

Poland covers an area of 312,685 square kilometers and is the ninth biggest country in Europe. It borders the Baltic Sea (528km) and seven countries, namely Belarus (416km), Czech Republic (790km), Germany (467km), the shady Russian enclave of Kaliningrad (210km), Lithuania (103km), Slovakia (539km) and Ukraine (529km).

Wrocław has an area of 292.82 square kilometres, and is the largest city in Lower Silesia (Dolny Śląsk). 

Longest River

The river Vistula (Wisła) is Poland's longest river at 1,047km and flows through Kraków and Warsaw before reaching the Bay of Gdańsk (Zatoka Gdańska). Wrocław sits on the Oder (Odra) River which flows 854km through western PL and forms 187km of the Polish-German border before reaching the Baltic at Szczecin, PL.

Highest Point

The highest peak in Poland is Rysy (2,499m) in the Tatra Mountains along the country's southern border with Slovakia.

Population (2010)

Poland - 38,200,037
Warsaw - 1,720,398
Kraków - 756,183
Łódź - 737,098
WROCŁAW - 632,996
Poznań - 551,627
Gdańsk - 456,967
Katowice - 306,826
Sopot - 38,141

Local Time

Poland is in the Central European (CET) time zone (GMT+1hr). When it’s 12:00 in Wrocław it’s 6:00 am in New York City, 11:00 in London, 12:00 in Paris and Berlin and 19:00 in Tokyo. Polish summer time (GMT+2hrs) starts and ends on the last Sundays of March and October.