Frýdek-Místek District () is a
district
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in the
Moravian-Silesian Region
The Moravian-Silesian Region () is one of the 14 administrative regions of the Czech Republic. Before May 2001, it was 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 Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. Its capital is the city of
Frýdek-Místek.
Administrative division
Frýdek-Místek District is divided into four
administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Frýdek-Místek, Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Jablunkov and Třinec.
List of municipalities
Cities and towns are marked in bold:
Baška –
Bílá –
Bocanovice –
Brušperk –
Bruzovice –
Bukovec –
Bystřice –
Čeladná
Čeladná is a municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.
Geography
Čeladná is located about south of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava. It ...
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Dobrá –
Dobratice –
Dolní Domaslavice –
Dolní Lomná –
Dolní Tošanovice –
Fryčovice –
Frýdek-Místek –
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí –
Hnojník –
Horní Domaslavice –
Horní Lomná –
Horní Tošanovice –
Hrádek –
Hrčava –
Hukvaldy
Hukvaldy () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. The municipality is known for the ruins of the third-largest castle in the Czech Republic, ...
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Jablunkov
Jablunkov (; , ) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The town has a significant Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority. It is inhabited by a la ...
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Janovice –
Kaňovice –
Komorní Lhotka –
Košařiska –
Kozlovice –
Krásná –
Krmelín –
Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem –
Lhotka –
Lučina –
Malenovice –
Metylovice –
Milíkov –
Morávka –
Mosty u Jablunkova
Mosty u Jablunkova (until 1949 Mosty; , ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority in the Cze ...
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Návsí
Návsí (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,900 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority. ...
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Nižní Lhoty –
Nošovice
Nošovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name originates from ''lokator'' Potmienoss, who settled with his people ...
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Nýdek
Nýdek (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority.
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Ostravice –
Palkovice –
Paskov –
Pazderna –
Písečná –
Písek
Písek (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the oldest bridge in the country. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument z ...
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Pražmo –
Pržno –
Pstruží –
Raškovice –
Řeka –
Řepiště –
Ropice –
Sedliště –
Smilovice –
Soběšovice –
Staré Hamry –
Staré Město –
Staříč –
Střítež –
Sviadnov –
Třanovice –
Třinec
Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country.
The city ...
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Vělopolí –
Vendryně –
Vojkovice –
Vyšní Lhoty –
Žabeň –
Žermanice
Geography

Frýdek-Místek District is the easternmost district of the Czech Republic, bordering Slovakia in the south and Poland in the east and northeast. Part of the historic
Trans-Olza
Trans-Olza (, ; , ''Záolší''; ), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (), is a territory in the Czech Republic which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period. Its name comes from the Olza River.
The history of ...
region lies within the district. The terrain is very fragmented. The majority of the territory is hilly or mountainous; only in the north it turns into a depression. The territory extends into seven geomorphological mesoregions:
Moravian-Silesian Beskids (south and centre),
Moravian-Silesian Foothills (northwest and northeast),
Ostrava Basin (north),
Silesian Beskids
Silesian Beskids (, , ) is one of the Beskids mountain ranges in the Outer Western Carpathians in southern Silesian Voivodeship, Poland and the eastern Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Most of the range lies in Poland. It is separa ...
(east),
Jablunkov Furrow
Jablunkov (; , ) is a town in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,300 inhabitants. The town has a significant Polish minority in the Czech Republic, Polish minority. It is inhabited by a la ...
(east),
Jablunkov Intermontane (southeast), and
Moravian Gate (small part in the north). The highest point of the district is the mountain of
Lysá hora in
Krásná, with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Ostravice in
Paskov and
Řepiště at .
Out of the total district area of ,
agricultural land
Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...
occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 51.1% of the district's area.
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The territory is rich in rivers. The longest rivers are the Olza in the east and the Ostravice in the west. Other notable rivers are the Morávka and the Ondřejnice. The Stonávka and Lučina originate here, but soon leave the district. The largest bodies of water are the Šance and Žermanice reservoirs.
The southern part of the territory is protected as the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.
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Demographics
Most populated municipalities
Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Frýdek-Místek District and at least 1,000 employees are:
Transport
The D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Nový Jičín
Nový Jičín (; ) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic centre of Nový Jičín is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservati ...
to the Czech-Polish border passes through the district. The D56 motorway separates from it in Frýdek-Místek and continues to Ostrava
Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...
. Another notable road is the R/11 expressway (partly as the I/11 road) from Český Těšín
Český Těšín (; ; ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants.
Český Těšín lies on the west bank of the Olza (river), Olza river, in the heart of the historical ...
to the Czech-Slovak border, which is part of the European route E75
European route E 75 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.
The E 75 starts at the town of Vardø (town), Vardø in Norway by the Barents Sea, and it runs south through Finland, Poland, C ...
.
Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
*Pilgrimage site with the Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady in Frýdek-Místek
*''Noční přechod'', monument to the partisan movement in Morávka
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:
* Brušperk
* Frýdek
* Místek
* Komorní Lhotka
The most visited tourist destinations are the Velká Čantoryje observation tower and Hukvaldy Castle.
Notable people
See also
* Český Těšín District
References
External links
Frýdek-Místek District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website
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Districts of the Moravian-Silesian Region