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Hukvaldy
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Hukvaldy () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. The municipality is known for the ruins of the third-largest castle in the Czech Republic, Hukvaldy Castle, and is the birthplace of the composer Leoš Janáček.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Hukvaldy
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
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Hukvaldy, náves 01.jpg
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Centre of Hukvaldy
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Hukvaldy vlajka.jpg
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Hukvaldy CoA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Frýdek-Místek
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Czech Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief
1
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Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date
1285
Settlement.area_total_km2
20.31
Settlement.elevation_m
282

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Hukvaldy () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. The municipality is known for the ruins of the third-largest castle in the Czech Republic, Hukvaldy Castle, and is the birthplace of the composer Leoš Janáček.

==Administrative division== Hukvaldy consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Hukvaldy (542) Dolní Sklenov (586) Horní Sklenov (205) Krnalovice (89) Rychaltice (683)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hukvaldy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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