Piekary Śląskie
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Piekary Śląskie (German: Deutsch Piekar; Silesian: Piekary) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship in south Poland, near Katowice. About 55,000 people live there and its area is 39.98 km². It is on the Brynica river.
Piekary Śląskie has had city rights since 1939.