Nový Jičín District

Nový Jičín District Okres Nový Jičín
District
Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°39′N 18°1′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
Capital	Nový Jičín
Area [1]
• Total	881.85 km^2 (340.48 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	151,781
• Density	170/km^2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	54
* Towns	9
* Market towns	2

Nový Jičín District (Czech: okres Nový Jičín) is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Nový Jičín.

Administrative division

Nový Jičín District is divided into five administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Nový Jičín, Bílovec, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Kopřivnice and Odry.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Albrechtičky - Bartošovice - Bernartice nad Odrou - Bílov - Bílovec - Bítov - Bordovice - Bravantice - Frenštát pod Radhoštěm - Fulnek - Heřmanice u Oder - Heřmánky - Hladké Životice - Hodslavice - Hostašovice - Jakubčovice nad Odrou - Jeseník nad Odrou - Jistebník - Kateřinice - Kopřivnice - Kujavy - Kunín - Libhošť - Lichnov - Luboměř - Mankovice - Mořkov - Mošnov - Nový Jičín - Odry - Petřvald - Příbor - Pustějov - Rybí - Sedlnice - Šenov u Nového Jičína - Skotnice - Slatina - Spálov - Starý Jičín - Štramberk - Studénka - Suchdol nad Odrou - Tichá - Tísek - Trnávka - Trojanovice - Velké Albrechtice - Veřovice - Vražné - Vrchy - Závišice - Ženklava - Životice u Nového Jičína

Geography

Nový Jičín and surrounding landscape

The terrain is very varied. While the axis of the territory is formed by a lowland, in the north it turns into highlands and in the south it turns into mountains. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Nízký Jeseník (north), Moravian Gate (centre), Moravian-Silesian Foothills (centre), and Moravian-Silesian Beskids (south). The highest point of the district is the mountain Radhošť in Trojanovice with an elevation of 1,129 m (3,704 ft). The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Oder in Jistebník at 221 m (725 ft).

From the total district area of 881.9 km² (340.5 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 558.3 km² (215.6 sq mi), forests occupy 203.9 km² (78.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 18.5 km² (7.1 sq mi). Forests cover 23.1% of the district's area.^[1]

The most important river is the Oder, which flows across the district from west to east. Its most important tributaries in the district are the Jičínka and Bílovka. The Oder river valley is rich in ponds, otherwise there are not many bodies of water.

The southern part of the territory is protected as the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. The central part of the territory along the Oder River is protected as the Poodří Protected Landscape Area.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 104,879 —     1880 108,611 +3.6% 1890 112,537 +3.6% 1900 119,075 +5.8% 1910 129,511 +8.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 123,377 −4.7% 1930 130,567 +5.8% 1950 110,343 −15.5% 1961 126,155 +14.3% 1970 133,176 +5.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 146,740 +10.2% 1991 151,802 +3.4% 2001 152,766 +0.6% 2011 148,074 −3.1% 2021 146,366 −1.2%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population[2]	Area (km^2)
Nový Jičín	22,993	37
Kopřivnice	21,604	27
Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	10,676	11
Studénka	9,309	31
Příbor	8,402	22
Bílovec	7,401	39
Odry	7,343	74
Fulnek	5,516	68
Štramberk	3,549	9
Starý Jičín	2,994	34

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Nový Jičín District and at least 1,000 employees are:^[5]

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Brose CZ	Kopřivnice	2,500–2,999	Automotive industry
PO Lighting Czech	Šenov u Nového Jičína	2,500–2,999	Automotive industry
Hanon Systems Autopal	Nový Jičín	1,500–1,999	Automotive industry
Tatra Trucks	Kopřivnice	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
Mobis Automotive System Czech	Mošnov	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
Plakor Czech	Mošnov	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
AGEL Hospital Nový Jičín	Nový Jičín	1,000–1,499	Health care

Transport

The D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava and the D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Nový Jičín to the Czech-Polish border pass through the district.

Sights

Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady in Frýdek-Místek

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

• Moravian Church meeting house in Fulnek
• Birthplace of František Palacký in Hodslavice
• Slovenská strela train in Tatra Technical Museum in Kopřivnice

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:^[7]

• Nový Jičín (monument reservation)
• Příbor (monument reservation)
• Štramberk (monument reservation)
• Bílovec
• Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
• Fulnek
• Odry

The most visited tourist destinations are the Stezka Valaška treetop walkway near Pustevny and Tatra Technical Museum in Kopřivnice.^[8]

Notable people

Main category: People from Nový Jičín District

References

1. "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
2. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Registr ekonomických subjektů". Business Register (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
6. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Nový Jičín". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Nový Jičín". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
8. "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-04-15.

External links

• Nový Jičín District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website