Vělopolí

Vělopolí (; ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

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Settlement.name: Vělopolí
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: CZE Vělopolí Obecní úřad.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Municipal office
Settlement.image_flag: Vělopolí flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Vělopolí CoA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Frýdek-Místek
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1448
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.99
Settlement.elevation_m: 370

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Instance of: municipality of the Czech Republic
Official name: Vělopolí
Country: Czech Republic
Population: 302
Area: 2.987822
Elevation: 370
Shares border with: Český Těšín
Official website: www.velopoli.cz
Image: Velopoli.JPG
Licence plate code: T

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time of earliest written record: 1448-01-01
Commons category: Vělopolí
historical region: Czech Silesia
email address: mailto:[email protected]
postal code: 739 59
number of houses: 89
mean age: 40.6
P8168: Lee Si-yeon

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Etymology
Geography
History
Demographics
Sights
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==Etymology== The name is of topographic origins, meaning "large field" in Slavic languages (wiele pole in Polish, velké pole in Czech). It was first written as Wele Pole.

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