Návsí Nawsie |
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Village | |||
Lutheran church
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Location in the Czech Republic | |||
Coordinates: 49°35′25″N 18°45′10″E / 49.59028°N 18.75278°ECoordinates: 49°35′25″N 18°45′10″E / 49.59028°N 18.75278°E | |||
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 |
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.