Orlová
Sign in to saveOrlová (; , ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the town developed rapidly thanks to coal mining, but the mining also severely damaged the town. In the 21st century, the town is struggling with structural problems and high unemployment, and is infamously known as the worst town to live in in the Czech Republic according to the national Quality of Life Index.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Orlová
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Orlová - Staré náměstí s kostelem Narození Panny Marie a radnicí.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Staré Square with the Church of the Nativity and the town hall
- Settlement.image_flag
- Orlová vlajka.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Orlová znak.png
- 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
- Lenka Brzyszkowská
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1223
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Orlová
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Contains
- Poruba
- Population
- 29896
- Area
- 24.66913
- Elevation
- 215
- Shares border with
- Karviná
- Official website
- www.mesto-orlova.cz
- Image
- Orlová-Lutyně 2012.jpg
- Licence plate code
- T
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- Commons category
- Orlová
- twinned administrative body
- Rydułtowy
- historical region
- Czech Silesia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Orlová
- topic's main category
- Category:Orlová
- time of earliest written record
- 1223-01-17
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- native label
- Orłowa
- different from
- Orłowa
- number of houses
- 2734
- postal code
- 735 11
- mean age
- 43.3
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Administrative division
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- 12th–18th centuries
- 19th–20th centuries
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- Sport
- Sights
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Orlová (; , ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. During the 20th century, the town developed rapidly thanks to coal mining, but the mining also severely damaged the town. In the 21st century, the town is struggling with structural problems and high unemployment, and is infamously known as the worst town to live in in the Czech Republic according to the national Quality of Life Index.
==Administrative division== thumb|Downtown of Lutyně Orlová consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Lazy (317) Lutyně (20,843) Město (1,143) Poruba (5,278)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orlová” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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