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Návsí

Návsí
Nawsie
Village
Lutheran church
Lutheran church
Flag of Návsí
Flag
Coat of arms of Návsí
Coat of arms
Návsí is located in Czech Republic
Návsí
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°35′25″N 18°45′10″E / 49.59028°N 18.75278°E / 49.59028; 18.75278Coordinates: 49°35′25″N 18°45′10″E / 49.59028°N 18.75278°E / 49.59028; 18.75278
Country Czech Republic
Region Moravian-Silesian
District Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned 1435
Government
 • Mayor Lenka Husarová
Area
 • Total 19.63 km2 (7.58 sq mi)
Elevation 386 m (1,266 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 3,810
 • Density 190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Postal code 739 91, 739 92
Website www.navsi.cz

About this sound Návsí  (Polish: Nawsie , Cieszyn Silesian: Nowsi ) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has a population of 3,765 (2001 census); 24% of the population are Poles.

It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, on the both banks of the Olza River, between Silesian and Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain ranges. Mountain meadow of Filipka lies just north of the village. It offers great view of the Olza River valley and peaks of Moravian-Silesian Beskids.

The name is of cultural origins, nawsie denotes an empty part of a village customarily used as a common pasture.

It is possible that the village was already first mentioned in a document of Bishop of Wrocław issued on 23 May 1223 for Norbertine Sisters in Rybnik among villages paying them a tithe, as Novoza, however without certainty.


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