Szopienice-Burowiec

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Szopienice-Burowiec
Katowice District
Szopienice
Location of Szopienice-Burowiec within Katowice
Coordinates: 50°16′07.475″N 19°05′03.106″E / 50.26874306°N 19.08419611°E / 50.26874306; 19.08419611
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Katowice
Area
• Total	8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	17,139
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+48) 032
Vehicle registration	SK
Primary airport	Katowice Airport

Szopienice-Burowiec (German: Schoppinitz-Burowietz) is a district of Katowice, Poland, located in the north-eastern part of the city. It has an area of 8.47 km² and in 2007 had 17,139 inhabitants.^[1]

The area of a district encompasses two historically important settlements: Roździeń and Szopienice.

Shortly after the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939, a unit of the German Einsatzgruppe I was stationed in Szopienice.^[2] It was responsible for many crimes against Poles committed in the nearby cities of Będzin, Dąbrowa Górnicza and Sosnowiec.^[2] During the subsequent German occupation, the occupiers also established and operated the E734 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in Szopienice.^[3] The occupation ended in 1945.