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Karviná

Karviná (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

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Karviná is a city in the Czech Republic's Moravian-Silesian Region with roughly 49,000 residents, located along the Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It represents an important settlement in this part of Central Europe where historical and regional boundaries intersect.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Karviná
Settlement.settlement_type: Statutory city
Settlement.image_skyline: Frysztat 1049.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town square in Karviná-Fryštát
Settlement.image_flag: Karwina flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Karwina herb.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Karviná
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Jan Wolf
Settlement.leader_party: SOCDEM
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Karwin
Country: Czech Republic
Contains: Staré Město
Population: 48937
Area: 57.521275
Elevation: 221
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Olza
Capital of: Karviná District
Shares border with: Doubrava
Official website: www.karvina.cz
Image: 2013 Karwina, Frysztat, Żeliwna fontanna na rynku 01.jpg
Licence plate code: T

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category for people born here: Category:Births in Karviná
Commons category: Karviná
topic's main category: Category:Karviná
twinned administrative body: Jastrzębie-Zdrój
email address: mailto:[email protected]
category of associated people: Category:People from Karviná
time of earliest written record: 1268-01-17
historical region: Czech Silesia
P6482: Karviná
number of houses: 4031
native label: Karwina
P8168: Johann Wilhelm Klein
mean age: 45.3
postal code: 735 06
P12749: Helene Deutsch
web feed URL: www.karvina.cz/rss/cs
phone number: +420-596-387-111
contact page URL: www.karvina.cz/kontakty
number of viewers/listeners: 1125778

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Administrative division
Etymology
Geography
History
Demographics
Economy
Education
Sport
Sights
Notable people
Twin towns – sister cities
References
External links

Karviná (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Karviná is known as an industrial city with tradition in coal mining. The historic centre in Karviná-Fryštát is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karviná” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.