Háj ve Slezsku

Geobox | Settlement
name = Háj ve Slezsku
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category = Village


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country = Czech Republic
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region = Moravian-Silesian
region_type = Region
district = Opava
district_type = District
commune = Opava
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elevation = 233
lat_d = 49
lat_m = 54
lat_s = 8
lat_NS = N
long_d = 18
long_m = 5
long_s = 34
long_EW = E
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area = 13.79
area_round = 2
population = 3324
population_date = 2006-07-03
population_density = auto
established = 1366
established_type = First mentioned
mayor = Josef Kimpl
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map1 = Moravian-Silesian Region - outline map.svg
map1_background =Moravian_Silesian_Region_-_background_map.png map1_caption = Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
map1_locator = Moravian-Silesian_Region
commons = Háj ve Slezsku
statistics = [http://www.statnisprava.cz/ebe/ciselniky.nsf/i/506753 statnisprava.cz]
website = [http://www.hajveslezsku.cz// www.hajveslezsku.cz/]
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Háj ve Slezsku (IPA2|ˈɦa:j ˈvɛslɛskʊ), meaning "grove in the Silesia", is a village between Opava and Ostrava – the two larger cities in the Czech Republic. It has 3,317 citizens: 1,704 women; 1,613 men; 228 girls and 237 boys under fifteen. The town has only 972 households.

History

The village was built in about 1880 in the Chabičov-town land register, and it was considered its administrative part until 1922. By the unification Chabičov and another town called Smolkov, Háj ve Slezsku officially became an independent town, and the two towns became administrative parts. Jilešovice and Lhota u Opavy were connected in 1976 and 1979, respectively.

Trivia

* The birthplace of Vladislav Vančura – a famous Czech writer.

* For several years the town has celebrated its citizens and people from surrounding areas in an annual festival called Rozmarné léto, after Vančura’s best known novel.