General description of Zawiercie Location ZAWIERCIE Zawiercie is situated within a radius of 600 km from six European capital cities and has access to three international airports. It is also a region with the most dense railway network in Poland, as three international railway routes intresect in here. Zawiercie Katowice cation Lo Zawiercie the town of good connections Perfect communication of the town allows fast access by all means of transportation. Distances and travel time from Zawiercie: A1 motorway – 13 km (10 min.) A4 motorway – 40 km (30 min.) Warsaw (by intercity train) – 1h 50 min. Katowice Airport – 32 km (35 min) Cracow Airport– 69 km (1 h 20 min) AREA 85,25 km² POPULATION 50 thousand inhabitants; POPULATION DENSITY 612,0 persons/km² cation Lo Kooperacja strefowa Myszków SAG i KSSE Zawiercie SAG i KSSE Tucznawa SAG i KSSE cation Lo 50 thousand inhabitants in Zawiercie 135 th. inhabitants within the radius of 15 km 365 th. inhabitants within the radius of 30 km 9 mln. inhabitants within the radius of 100 km Such big density of population on relatively small area creates HUGE POTENTIAL MARKET for consumer goods. Ratio of population by age groups in % of total population workers Population Educational potential of Zawiercie and region 44 colleges in the region 200.000 students Zawiercie: 1 day nursery, 11 kindergartens, 10 primary schools, 4 junior high schools 10 high schools, including: Motor Vehicle Enginering High School Construction High School Metallurgy High School 2 university subsidiaries catoin Edu Health care in Zawiercie Well developed health care units, both public and private guarantee access to the latest achievements of medicine. Newly opened Emergency Department enables immediate help in case of emergency, with access to heliport. Health care Zawiercie it is worth living here. Vicinity of silesian urban complex and location in the Jura (Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska) make an ideal harmony for everyday life. Thinking about future investors Zawiercie developed a concept of building ecology residential district in the conseravtion buffer zone of landscape park. Perfect hotel base is supplement to accommodation offer of the town. 2 four-star hotels in the town, totalling to 640 accommodation places in hotels, training and conference facilities guarantee Accommodation running of good business. Registered unemloyed persons in thousands (December 2015) Zawiercie District - 13,6 % Silesian Region - 8,1 % source: www.wupkatowice.praca.gov.pl The average salary in Zawiercie: 2019 PLN (February 2016) Town/city Avrage solary Zawiercie 2 091 PLN Rybnik 2 295 PLN Katowice 2 972 PLN Żory 2 602 PLN Sosnowiec 2 821 PLN Dąbrowa Górnicza 3 081 PLN Częstochowa 2 711 PLN Tychy 2 940 PLN Gliwice 3 084 PLN source: www.sprawdz-zarobki.pl Work Leading entrepreneurs in Zawiercie CMC Zawiercie SA (USA) – metallurgy Konsorcjum Stali SA (Poland) – metallurgy - trading Grupa Optopol Technology (Canon Japan) - optics Aluron (Poland) – building industry Scame (Italy) – building industry Odlewnia Żeliwa SA (Poland) - cast iron industry Intercor (Poland) – road construction industry Huta Szkła (Poland) – crystal glass industry Anro (Poland) – printing industry Promar (Poland, Germany) – Food additives Virtu (Poland) - Food Business units in Zawiercie total - 4 896 Public - 174 Private - 4722 Entrepreneurs Investment plans Commune Zawiercie Zone Economic Activity in 2016/17 Development strategy Average price of industrial land in Zawiercie 35-40 PLN Property tax in Zawiercie 2016 land – 19,52 PLN buildings and structures – 0,75 PLN Prices and taxes Ulgi podatkowe w ramach KSSE Prices and taxes Concept of planning of investment areas 200 ha Business Activity Zone – area A areas Investment Investment Concept of planning of investment areas 52 ha Business Activity Zone – area B areas Investment Investment The concept of housing estate Total 64 residential plots Recreation in Zawiercie and nearby areas (up to 15 km.) Wide sport and recreation base: 3 sport halls, indoor swimming pool, 2 aquaparks, outdoor swimming pool, 6 multifunction courts, skating rank, tennis courts, stadium, 3 ski slopes, bike routes. Leisure Recreation in Zawiercie and nearby areas (up to 15 km.) Active pastime: climbing, biking, horse riding, offroad, walking routes, caves Golf course with hotel facilities on area of 40 ha (conception) Leisure Regional cuisine The flag dish of our region is the dish called prażonki (roasted potatoes with other groceries), roasted on bonfire. The dish even earned its own festival, which is held annually in neighbouring commune of Poręba. Certainly every person wants to taste jurassic bear Zawiercie, which is produced in Zawiercie. Jura is famous for its fish, with the leading position taken by trout, which has its festival in commune of Złoty Potok (30 km). It is also hard to resist jurassic broth, robust soup, which is served in Morsko (10 km). Delicious jurassic crystalline water adds taste to every dish. Leisure Cultural and sport events Every year, cultural events are held in Zawiercie, which are highly appreciated by its inhabitants and numerous tourists. The most important ones are: •concerts „Wiesław Ochman and his guests” in Zawiercie •international ballroom dance tournaments in Zawiercie •Kromolovski fair in Zawiercie •Knightly invasions to the castle in Ogrodzieniec (12 km) •movie summer in Złoty Potok (35 km) •Rawa Blues in Katowice (45 km) Leisure Business Activity Zone services for investors in SAG Zawierciański Industry and Technology Park We invite you to Zawiercie Zawiercie Development Agency Investor Service Center 42-400 Zawiercie, Technologiczna Str. No 15, Tel/fax +48 32 4941337 www.park.zawiercie.eu Contact person: Wojciech Dziąbek tel. +48 729223566, e-mail: [email protected].