Editing Sosnowiec (section)

==Geography==
[[File:GZM location map.svg|thumb|left|Sosnowiec within the [[Metropolis GZM]]<ref name="Ustawa"/>]]
It is believed that the name Sosnowiec originates from the Polish word ''[[wiktionary:sosna|sosna]]'', referring to the [[pine]] forests growing in the area prior to 1830. The village was originally known as ''Sosnowice''. Other variations of the name include ''Sosnowietz, Sosnowitz, Sosnovitz'' ([[Yiddish]]), ''Sosnovyts, Sosnowyts, Sosnovytz, Sosnowytz,'' and ''Sosnovetz''. There are five other smaller settlements in Poland also called Sosnowiec, located in the [[Kielce Voivodship]], [[Łódź Voivodship]], and [[Opole Voivodship]].

Sosnowiec serves as one of the administrative centres of the geographical and historical area of southern Poland known as the [[Zagłębie Dąbrowskie]] (the Dąbrowa Basin). It lies within the historic [[Lesser Poland]] region near the border with [[Silesia]]. It is located about {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-east to the centre of [[Katowice]] and {{convert|65|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Kraków]], situated in the [[Silesian Upland]] on the rivers [[Brynica]] and [[Przemsza]], a tributary of the [[Vistula]]. The full list of rivers includes [[Biała Przemsza]] as well as Czarna Przemsza, [[Brynica]], Bobrek, and Potok Zagórski creek. The city is part of the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously (since 1945), it was part of [[Katowice Voivodeship]], and before [[World War II]], Sosnowiec belonged to [[Kielce Voivodeship]].