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| Nesselsdorf | |||
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| Country |  Czech Republic |
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| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Nový Jičín | ||
| Commune | Kopřivnice | ||
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°35′58″N 18°8′28″E / 49.59944°N 18.14111°E | ||
| Area | 27.48 km2 (10.61 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 23,642 (2006-10-02) | ||
| Density | 860 /km2 (2,227 /sq mi) | ||
| Mayor | Josef Jalůvka | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 742 21 - 742 74 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Kopřivnice | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.koprivnice.cz/ | |||
Kopřivnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkopr̝̊ɪvɲɪtsɛ]; German name Nesselsdorf) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 23,500 inhabitants. Tatra truck company is based here, which, during the communist era, employed over 16,000 (about 1,000 of Vietnamese nationality) and currently employs 3,700. The controlling interest of Tatra is now owned by an international consortium of Vectra Group of U.K., Sam Eyde of Lansing, Michigan, KBC PE of Belgium and Ronald Adams of Czech Republic.
Parts of Kopřivnice
1.Lubina
Lubina is a former village situated between Kopřivnice and Příbor. It lies by the north-west border of the former Nový Jičín district in the Moravian-Silesian region. In 1959, two villages, Drnholec nad Lubinou and Větřkovice, were united and formed the old village of Lubina. Later, in 1978, Lubina became a part of the town Kopřivnice.
History: In 1850, both of the former villages, Drnholec nad Lubinou and Větřkovice, became a part of the political district of Nový Jičín within the judicial district Příbor. Between the years 1939-1945, both of the villages were attached to the Third Reich within so called “the Nový Jičín Landrat”. In 1980, Lubina covered an area of 781 hectares. In that year Lubina had a population of 1358 which increased to 1371 in 1991. The number of dwellings increased from 344 (in 1980) to 363 (in 1991).In 1971, Lubina became a seat of a collective farm „Družba“ which was established by uniting of collective farms Lubina, Mniší, Vlčovice and Hájov. The collective farm „Družba“stretched on an area of 1502 hectares.
2.Vlčovice
3.Mniší
References http://www.koprivnice.cz/
External links
- Municipal website (cz)
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