| Area and location
Location: southern Poland, Śląskie Voivodeship (north of Upper Silesia)
Area (sq km): 160
Main road connections: national roads No. 1 (Gdańsk-Cieszyn), No. 43 (Częstochowa-Wieluń), No. 46 (Opole-Kielce), No. 91 (Brzoza k. Torunia-Częstochowa)
Direct rail connections:
Szczecin, Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice, Cracow, Zakopane, Łódź
Distances to major cities:
Gdańsk - 465 km
Katowice - 75 km
Cracow - 120 km
Łódź - 125 km
Poznań - 285 km
Warsaw - 225 km
Wrocław – 180 km
Berlin - 545 km
Bratislava - 430 km
Kaliningrad – 540 km
Kiev – 980 km
Moscow – 1335 km
Paris - 1440 km
Prague - 390 km
Vienna - 500 km
Vilnius – 685 km
Border crossings (distances):
- to the Czech Republic: Pietrowice Głubczyckie (172 km), Cieszyn (150 km), Kudowa-Słone (245 km)
- to Germany: Olszyna (460 km), Świecko (460 km), Zgorzelec (340 km)
- international ferry terminals: Gdańsk (471 km), Świnoujście (595 km)
- to Russia: Bezledy (500 km)
- to Lithuania: Budzisko (534 km), Ogrodniki (550 km)
- to Belarus: Kuźnica Białostocka (470 km), Kukuryki (400 km), Terespol (405 km)
- to Ukraine: Medyka (380 km)
- to Slovakia: Chyżne (220 km), Korbielów (155 km)
International airports: Katowice-Pyrzowice (50 km), Kraków-Balice / Cracow (114 km)
Local airports: Rudniki near Częstochowa (for charter flights – 17 km)
Other details: Częstochowa lies on one end of the Kraków-Częstochowa Jurassic Upland, which extends towards Cracow along with the Trail of Eagle Nests, a tourist route connecting fortified castles
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