Vělopolí

Vělopolí (; ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Vělopolí
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: CZE Vělopolí Obecní úřad.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Municipal office
Settlement.image_flag: Vělopolí flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Vělopolí CoA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Frýdek-Místek
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic

Article

7 sections

Contents

Etymology
Geography
History
Demographics
Sights
References
External links

==Etymology== The name is of topographic origins, meaning "large field" in Slavic languages (wiele pole in Polish, velké pole in Czech). It was first written as Wele Pole.