Šenov (ˈʃɛnof; ; ) is a town in the Ostrava-City District

Ostrava-City District

Ostrava-City District is a district within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Ostrava.- Complete list of municipalities :...

, 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...

, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. It has a population of 5,919(2010). It lies in the historical region of Těšín Silesia

Cieszyn Silesia

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According to the Austrian

Austria-Hungary

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 census of 1910 the town had 3,441 inhabitants, 3,412 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 2,820 (82.6%) were Czech-speaking and 528 (15.5%) were Polish-speaking. Most populous religious groups were Roman Catholics with 2,883 (83.8%), followed by Protestants with 539 (15.7%).

External links

Official website