Tychy

Tychy
City county
Mary Magdalene Church
Coat of arms
Motto:  Tychy - a good place
Tychy Location within Poland
Coordinates: 50°07′25″N 18°59′12″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	city county
First mentioned	1467
City rights	1951
Government
• City mayor	Maciej Gramatyka (KO)
Area
• Total	81.64 km2 (31.52 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	125,781 (28th)
• Density	1,560/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	43-100 to 43-135
Area code	+48 32
Car plates	ST
Website	https://umtychy.pl/

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Tychy (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɨxɨ] ^ⓘ; ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south. The Gostynia river, a tributary of the Vistula, flows through Tychy.

Since 1999, Tychy has been located within the Silesian Voivodeship. Tychy is also one of the founding cities of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, a pan-Silesian economic and political union formed with the eventual aim of bringing the most populous Silesian areas under a single administrative body.

Tychy is well known for its brewing industry and the Tyskie brand of beer, which dates back to the 17th century. Since 1950, Tychy has grown rapidly, mainly as a result of post-war socialist planning policies enacted to disperse the population of industrial Upper Silesia. The city is also known as the home of the accomplished ice hockey club GKS Tychy.