Karviná District

District in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

Karviná District

Okres Karviná

District

Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region within the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 49°50′N 18°29′E﻿ / ﻿49.833°N 18.483°E﻿ / 49.833; 18.483
Country|  Czech Republic
Region| Moravian-Silesian
Capital| Karviná
Area

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• Total

| 356.22 km2 (137.54 sq mi)
Population

(2025)[2]

• Total

| 238,419
• Density| 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities| 17
* Cities and towns| 7
* Market towns| 0

Karviná District (Czech: okres Karviná) is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Karviná, but the most populated city is Havířov.

## Administrative division

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Karviná District is divided into five administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Karviná, Bohumín, Český Těšín, Havířov and Orlová.

### List of municipalities

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Cities and towns are marked in bold:

Albrechtice – Bohumín – Český Těšín – Chotěbuz – Dětmarovice – Dolní Lutyně – Doubrava – Havířov – Horní Bludovice – Horní Suchá – Karviná – Orlová – Petrovice u Karviné – Petřvald – Rychvald – Stonava – Těrlicko

## Geography

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Český Těšín and surrounding landscape

Karviná District borders Poland in the east and north. Part of the historic Trans-Olza region lies within the district. The terrain is flat and slightly undulating, without significant hills. The territory extends into two geomorphological mesoregions: Ostrava Basin (north and centre) and Moravian-Silesian Foothills (south). The highest point of the district is the hill Šachta in Český Těšín with an elevation of 427 m (1,401 ft). The lowest point of the district is the riverbed of the Oder in Bohumín at 191 m (627 ft).

From the total district area of 356.2 km2 (137.5 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 177.4 km2 (68.5 sq mi), forests occupy 52.0 km2 (20.1 sq mi), and water area occupies 22.6 km2 (8.7 sq mi). Forests cover 14.6% of the district's area.[1]

The territory is rich in both rivers and bodies of water. The most important river of the district is the Olza, which partly forms the Czech-Polish border and partly crosses the territory. It flows to the Oder River, which flows along the northwestern district border. Other notable rivers are the Stonávka, Petrůvka and Lučina. The largest body of water is the Těrlicko Reservoir.

There are no large-scale protected areas.

## Demographics

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1869| 49,326| —
1880| 61,358| +24.4%
1890| 73,253| +19.4%
1900| 106,842| +45.9%
1910| 138,605| +29.7%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1921| 156,492| +12.9%
1930| 171,090| +9.3%
1950| 160,847| −6.0%
1961| 213,699| +32.9%
1970| 274,220| +28.3%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1980| 286,289| +4.4%
1991| 285,998| −0.1%
2001| 281,000| −1.7%
2011| 256,394| −8.8%
2021| 235,579| −8.1%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

### Most populated municipalities

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Name  | Population[2] | Area (km2)

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Havířov | 68,674 | 32
Karviná | 48,937 | 58
Orlová | 27,540 | 25
Český Těšín | 23,075 | 34
Bohumín | 20,315 | 31
Rychvald | 7,787 | 17
Petřvald | 7,409 | 13
Dolní Lutyně | 5,326 | 25
Petrovice u Karviné | 4,971 | 20
Těrlicko | 4,877 | 25

## Economy

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The largest employers with headquarters in Karviná District and at least 1,000 employees are:[5]

Economic entity  | Location  | Number of employees  | Main activity

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OKD | Stonava | 2,000–2,499 | Mining of hard coal
Havířov Hospital | Havířov | 1,500–1,999 | Health care
Karviná-Ráj Hospital | Karviná | 1,500–1,999 | Health care
Bonatrans Group | Bohumín | 1,000–1,499 | Manufacture of rolling stock parts
Slezská diakonie | Český Těšín | 1,000–1,499 | Field social work activities
Transdev Slezsko | Havířov | 1,000–1,499 | Urban and suburban passenger land transport

## Transport

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The D1 motorway from Brno to the Czech-Polish border crosses the northern part of the district. The southern part is crossed with the D48 motorway (part of the European routes E75 and E462), which connects Frýdek-Místek with Czech-Polish border near Cieszyn.

## Sights

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Memorial to the victims of Nazi terror

The most important monuments in the district and the only one protected as a national cultural monument is the memorial to the victims of Nazi terror in Havířov.[6]

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:[7]

* Český Těšín
* Karviná

The most visited tourist destinations are the DinoPark Ostrava amusement park in Doubrava and Chotěbuz-Podobora Archeopark.[8][9]

## Notable people

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Main category: People from Karviná District

## References

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1. ^ a b "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
2. ^ a b "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
3. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. ^ "Registr ekonomických subjektů". Business Register (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
6. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Karviná". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Karviná". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
8. ^ "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
9. ^ "Návštěvnost muzeí, galerií a památníků 2021" (in Czech). Národní informační a poradenské středisko pro kulturu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

## External links

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Districts of the Moravian-Silesian Region

* Bruntál
* Frýdek-Místek
* Karviná
* Nový Jičín
* Opava
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Towns and villages of Karviná District

* Albrechtice
* Bohumín
* Český Těšín
* Chotěbuz
* Dětmarovice
* Dolní Lutyně
* Doubrava
* Havířov
* Horní Bludovice
* Horní Suchá
* Karviná
* Orlová
* Petrovice u Karviné
* Petřvald
* Rychvald
* Stonava
* Těrlicko

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