Stonava

Stonava (, ) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Stonava
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Stonava, radnice (1).JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Municipal office
Settlement.image_flag: Stonava vlajka.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Stonawa herb.gif
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.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1388
Settlement.area_total_km2: 13.87
Settlement.elevation_m: 259

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Stonava
Population: 1748
Area: 13.868017
Elevation: 193
Official website: www.stonava.cz
Image: 2012 Stonawa, Kościół św. Marii Magdaleny 05.jpg
Licence plate code: T

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Commons category: Stonava
time of earliest written record: 1388-01-01
email address: mailto:[email protected]
postal code: 735 34
number of houses: 414
mean age: 42.9
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==Etymology== The name is of topographic origin, derived from the older name of the Stonávka River, which itself denoted a murmuring river. As Stonawa it was then mentioned in 1432, a German name Steinau appeared in the 18th century.