Petrovice u Karviné
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Petrovice u Karviné Piotrowice koło Karwiny |
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| Coordinates: 49°53′46″N 18°32′38″E / 49.89611°N 18.54389°E | |||
| Country | Czech Republic | ||
| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Karviná | ||
| First mentioned | 1335 | ||
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| • Mayor | Doc. Ing. Marian Lebiedzik, Ph.D. (Czech Social Democratic Party) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 20.47 km2 (7.90 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) | ||
| Population (2011) | |||
| • Total | 5,350 | ||
| • Density | 260/km2 (680/sq mi) | ||
| Postal code | 735 72 | ||
| Website | http://www.petroviceuk.cz/ | ||
Petrovice u Karviné (1920-1952: Petrovice) (Polish: Piotrowice koło Karwiny , German: Petrowitz bei Freistadt) is a municipality in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 5,350 (2011), which makes it the second largest municipality in the Czech Republic without an official town status. 13% of the population are the ethnic Poles, 1,2% are Slovaks and also 1,2% Silesians. Around 22,7% of the population is religious (mostly Roman-Catholic), which is about the double of the national average. It lies on the border with Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The Petrůvka River flows through the municipality and enters the Olza River in Závada.
The municipality lies five kilometers north of the city centre of Karviná, next to the border with Poland. Formerly independent municipalities of Dolní Marklovice, Prstná and Závada are since 1952 administratively part of Petrovice.
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