Horní Suchá Sucha Górna |
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Village | |||
Centre of Horní Suchá
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Location in the Czech Republic | |||
Coordinates: 49°47′51″N 18°29′7″E / 49.79750°N 18.48528°E | |||
Country | Czech Republic | ||
Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
District | Karviná | ||
First mentioned | 1305 | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Jan Lipner | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 9.79 km2 (3.78 sq mi) | ||
Elevation | 280 m (920 ft) | ||
Population (2010) | |||
• Total | 4,533 | ||
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | ||
Postal code | 735 35 | ||
Website | http://www.hornisucha.cz/ |
Horní Suchá (Polish: Sucha Górna, Cieszyn Silesian: Górno Sucho, German: Ober Suchau) is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 4,536 inhabitants (2010), with the Polish minority representing 17.1% of the population.
The name is of topographic origin, supposedly derived from an older name of a hypothetical river or stream Sucha, literally dry, therefore disappearing. The supplementary adjective Horní (German: Ober, Polish: Górna) means Upper denoting its upper location in comparison to sister settlements: Prostřední Suchá (Middle) and Dolní Suchá (Lower).