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Horní Lomná

Horní Lomná
Łomna Górna
Village
Municipal office
Municipal office
Flag of Horní Lomná
Flag
Coat of arms of Horní Lomná
Coat of arms
Horní Lomná is located in Czech Republic
Horní Lomná
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 18°38′16″E / 49.52528°N 18.63778°E / 49.52528; 18.63778Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 18°38′16″E / 49.52528°N 18.63778°E / 49.52528; 18.63778
Country Czech Republic
Region Moravian-Silesian
District Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned 1690
Government
 • Mayor Tomasz Gruszka
Area
 • Total 24.66 km2 (9.52 sq mi)
Elevation 595 m (1,952 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 359
 • Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Postal code 739 91
Website www.hlomna.trz.cz

About this sound Horní Lomná  (Polish: Łomna Górna , Cieszyn Silesian: Górno Łómna or Górno Łómno ) is a village in Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, close to the borders with Poland and Slovakia. It has 394 inhabitants (2001 census), 28.5% of the population are ethnic Poles and 83.7% are Roman Catholics. The village lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

It is situated on the foothills of the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. Lomná River flows through the village.

The name of the village is of topographic origin borrowed from an older name of the Lomna river (mentioned in 1592 as Lomny), which itself is derived from the words łom (clatter, rumble, susurrus) or załom (turn, bend).


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