Rychvald

Rychvald (, ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,800 inhabitants.

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Settlement.name: Rychvald
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Rychvald - Náměstí Míru (1).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Town square
Settlement.image_flag: Rychvald flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Rychvald CoA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Karviná
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Dagmar Pížová
Settlement.leader_party: ANO
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned

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Official name: Rychvald
Population: 7787
Area: 17.020886
Elevation: 220
Official website: www.rychvald.cz
Image: Rychvald - Náměstí Míru (3).jpg
Licence plate code: T

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Commons category: Rychvald
postal code: 735 32
time of earliest written record: 1305-01-17
native label: Rychwałd
email address: mailto:[email protected]
number of houses: 1914
mean age: 42.9
P8168: Hong Jong-u
web feed URL: rychvald.cz/feed

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Rychvald (, ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,800 inhabitants.

==Geography== Rychvald is located northeast of Ostrava, in its immediate vicinity. It is urbanistically merged with Ostrava-Michálkovice. It lies in the Ostrava Basin lowland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The territory is rich in fishponds.