Karviná District is a district (okres

Okres

Okres refers to administrative entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

) within the Moravian-Silesian Region

Moravian-Silesian Region

Moravian-Silesian Region , or Moravo-Silesian Region, is one of 14 administrative Regions of the Czech Republic, until May 2001 it was formerly called the Ostrava Region . The region is located in the north-eastern part of its historical region of Moravia and in most of the Czech part of the...

 of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

. Its administrative center is the city of Karviná

Karviná

Karviná is a city in Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It is administrative center of Karviná District. Karviná lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and is one of the most important coal mining centers in the Czech Republic. Together with neighboring...

. It was created by 1960 reform of administrative divisions in the area of former Fryštát

Fryštát

is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, now administratively a part of the city of Karviná. Until 1948 it was a separate town. It lies on the Olza River, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....

 District. Karviná District is part of Czech Silesia

Czech Silesia

Czech Silesia is an unofficial name of one of the three Czech lands and a section of the Silesian historical region. It is located in the north-east of the Czech Republic, predominantly in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a section in the northern Olomouc Region...

.

The Karviná district is facing fast population decline, only in first half of 2010 the decrease was 1688 people.

Municipalities

Albrechtice

Albrechtice (Karviná District)

is a large village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located 8 km south of Karviná, on the Stonávka River and has a population of 4,071 . 23.5% of the population are Poles. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.-External links:...

Bohumín

Bohumín

Bohumín is a town in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic on the border with Poland. The confluence of the Oder and Olza Rivers is situated just north of the town. The town lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....

Český Těšín

Ceský Tešín

Český Těšín is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. The town is commonly known in the region as just Těšín . It lies on the west bank of the Olza River, in the heart of the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...

Dětmarovice

Detmarovice

is a village in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It lies near the border with Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Near the right bank of the Olza lies a complex of 15 ponds....

Dolní Lutyně

Dolní Lutyne

, is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, near the border with Poland, south of the Olza River. Village of Věřňovice is administratively a part of Dolní Lutyně. The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.Village was first mentioned in a...

Doubrava

Doubrava

is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,507 and lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....

Havířov

Havírov

Havířov is a city in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 82,768 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. It is the largest town in the country without a university...

Horní Bludovice

Horní Bludovice

Horní Bludovice is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,564 . Lučina River flows through the village. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.- References :*...

Horní Suchá

Horní Suchá

is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 4,503 inhabitants , Poles form 23.2% of the population....

Chotěbuz

Chotebuz

is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the border with Poland, on the left bank of the Olza River, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia...

Karviná

Karviná

Karviná is a city in Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It is administrative center of Karviná District. Karviná lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and is one of the most important coal mining centers in the Czech Republic. Together with neighboring...

Orlová

Orlová

Orlová is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.- History :...

Petrovice u Karviné

Petrovice u Karviné

is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 5,211 , which makes it the second largest village in the Czech Republic . 16.2% of the population are the Poles...

Petřvald

Petrvald (Karviná District)

is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It has a population of 6,967 .- External links :...

Rychvald

Rychvald

is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. It has a population of 6,769 ....

Stonava

Stonava

Stonava is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Stonávka River. It has a population of 1,855 , 25.8% of the population are the Poles. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....

Těrlicko

Terlicko

is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 4,202 inhabitants and Poles constitute 12.9% of the population...

External links

• List of municipalities of Karviná District