Horní Lomná Łomna Górna |
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Village | |||
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Location in the Czech Republic | |||
Coordinates: 49°31′31″N 18°38′16″E / 49.52528°N 18.63778°ECoordinates: 49°31′31″N 18°38′16″E / 49.52528°N 18.63778°E | |||
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 |
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).