Bielsko-Biała is a city made of two parts – Lesser Poland's Biala ( also called Biala Krakowska ), makes eastern half of the city, and only in 1951 it merged with Silesian Bielsko.

On the other hand, a large part of the current administrative unit of the Silesian Voivodeship is not part of historical Silesia ( e. g., Częstochowa, Zawiercie, Myszków, Jaworzno, Sosnowiec, Żywiec, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Będzin and east part of Bielsko-Biała, which are historically Lesser Poland ).

The most profitable company in the region is Fiat Auto-Poland S. A. in Bielsko-Biała with a revenue of PLN 6. 2 billion in 1997.

Bielsko-Biała is home of the Technical-Humanistic Academy.

Bielsko-Biała (; ) is a city in southern Poland with 175, 513 inhabitants ( June 2009 ).

Bielsko-Biała is composed of two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River, Silesian Bielsko and Lesser Poland's Biała, amalgamated in 1951.

Bielsko-Biała is one of the most important cities of the Beskidy Euroregion and the main city of the Bielsko Industrial Region (), part of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.

Nowadays Bielsko-Biała is one of the best-developed parts of Poland.

Bielsko-Biała is famous for its textile, machine-building, and especially automotive industry.

Although Bielsko-Biała is not served by an Autostrada ( motorway ), it is served by the Expressway S1, which was completed in late 2006, and runs from Bielsko-Biała to Cieszyn at the Czech border.

Another expressway, the S69, is under construction around Bielsko-Biała and will run to Žilina in Slovakia.

It is planned to extend S1 north along the existing dual carriageway DK1 from Bielsko-Biała to Tychy and Katowice, thus connecting Bielsko-Biała with the national motorway network of Poland.

The most important interchange in the area is the cloverleaf north of Bielsko-Biała where S1, DK1 and DK52 meet.

Bielsko-Biała is a beautiful city.

Bielsko-Biała is twinned with the following cities:

It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship ( since 1999 ); previously it was in the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).

Zbigniew Preisner (; born 20 May 1955 in Bielsko-Biała as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski ) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski.

A 7TP is being reconstructed in Bielsko-Biała, its reconstruction will include many original parts recovered from various places in Poland.

Wilamowice (, Vilamovian Wymysoü ) is a small town in southern Poland, situated in the Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship ( since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, 1975 – 1998 ).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship ( since 1999 ), having previously been in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship ( 1975 – 1998 ).

The Syrena was a Polish automobile model first exhibited at the Poznań Trade Fair in 1955 and manufactured from 1957 to 1972 by the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych ( FSO ) in Warsaw and from 1972 to 1983 by FSM in Bielsko-Biała.

In October 1998, the local court refused the request to appoint such an administrator, a decision upheld in December 1998 by an appeals court in Bielsko-Biała, which returned the lease issue to the local court.

Katowice Voivodeship (), initially Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship () was also a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 1946 to 1975, superseded by the 1975-1998 Katowice, Częstochowa Voivodeship, Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, and Opole Voivodeship.

Kraków Voivodeship 1945-1975 () was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1945 – 1975, superseded by Kraków ( 1 ), Tarnów Voivodeship, Nowy Sącz Voivodeship and partly Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, Katowice Voivodeship and Kielce Voivodeship.

Seibersdorf ) is a large village of over 11, 000 population, located in southern Poland ( historic province of Lesser Poland ), between Kęty and Bielsko-Biała and about 2 hours ride by car from Katowice and Kraków The village was first mentioned in the year 1326 AD as " Duabuscapris seu Siffridivilla ", which means " two goats ".

It was produced by Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych ( FSM ) in Bielsko-Biała and Tychy under Italian Fiat licence.

In a survey conducted by the Polish edition of Newsweek in 2008, University of Bielsko-Biała was selected as the fifth best among all Polish universities.

A small 1. 3 L ( 1248 cc ) version ( called the SDE, Small Diesel Engine ) is produced in Bielsko-Biała, Poland and in Ranjangaon, Pune, India by Fiat India Auto.

Another example of mass protests which took place at that time was the 1981 General strike in Bielsko-Biała.

In 1998 Polko became popular commander of the " 18th Landing-Assault Battalion " from Bielsko-Biała, which was a part of the Polish military contingent in the NATO KFOR forces in Kosovo.

Aside from these, the most interesting events are " Theatrical Confrontations " in Lublin ( October ), the open-air " Malta " festival in Poznań ( June ), Kraków's " Ballet in Spring " and the Puppet Theatre Biennial in Bielsko-Biała.

In Bielsko-Biała there are four areas that belong to Katowice Special Economic Zone.

There are large communities originally from Bielsko-Biała now living in towns such as Slough and Southampton.

Łapy's railway destinations are numerous: Bielsko-Biała, Warszawa, Suwałki, Białystok, Wrocław, Opole, Częstochowa, Kraków, Szczecin, Poznań.

National Road DK52 connects Bielsko-Biała with Kraków in the east.

The village is well connected with the nearby city of Bielsko-Biała.

Currently the network connects Białystok, Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Gliwice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Opole, Poznań, Puławy, Radom, Toruń, Warsaw, Wrocław, Koszalin, Szczecin, Olsztyn and Zielona Góra with a fiber-optic 10 Gbit / s patch-cord, and consists of 5738, 86 km of optical fiber.

In 1951 it was joined with Biała Krakowska to form the new town of Bielsko-Biała.

BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała is a Polish sports club, with such departments as football and women's volleyball team.

* Warsaw – Katowice – Bielsko-Biała with speed up to 160 km / h

It was created on 1 January 1999 out of the former Kraków, Tarnów, Nowy Sącz and parts of Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Kielce and Krosno Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.

It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Katowice, Częstochowa and Bielsko-Biała Voivodeships, pursuant to the Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998.

From left: Ludwig Wolff head of Deutscher Volksverband from Łódź, Otto Ulitz from Katowice, gauleiter Josef Wagner, mayor Rudolf Wiesner from Bielsko-Biała, obergruppenfuhrer Werner Lorenz, senator Erwin Hasbach from Ciechocinek, baron Gero von Gersdorff from Wielkopolska, Weiss from Jarocin.

The city of Bielsko-Biała was created on 1 January 1951 when the adjacent cities of Bielsko and Biała ( known until 1951 as Biała Krakowska ) were unified.