Also known as Raj
Ráj (, ) is a municipal part of the city of Karviná in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but in 1948 became a part of Karviná. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has about 14,000 inhabitants.
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ráj
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Karviná
- Population
- 14453
- Area
- 7.702
- Image
- Kaple sv. Anny - Karviná.JPG
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- Commons category
- Ráj (Karviná)
- postal code
- 734 01
- time of earliest written record
- 1305-01-01
- different from
- Raj
- number of houses
- 1155
- historical region
- Czech Silesia
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Ráj (, ) is a municipal part of the city of Karviná in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but in 1948 became a part of Karviná. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has about 14,000 inhabitants.
The hospital is located there, as well as the football field, home of the local team MFK Karviná.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ráj” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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