Rybnik is a city in southern Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship. The city developed as a fishing center, with "rybnik" meaning fishpond in several Slavic languages. Rybnik has a population of over 141,000 people and is an important economic region due to its large coal mines and power plants. It also has a notable music scene with a famous music school and philharmonic orchestra. Rybnik enjoys the reputation of a "green" city with forests and the Beskidy Mountains nearby, and it has a reservoir that provides swimming and other recreational activities year-round.