Petrovice u Karviné

Infobox City
official_name = Petrovice u Karviné
native_name = Piotrowice koło Karwiny
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motto =
settlement_type = Village


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image_shield = Petrovice u Karviné CoA.svg
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pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Czech Republic
subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_name1 = Moravian-Silesian
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Karviná
parts_type = Village parts
parts_style = coll
parts = 4
p1 = Dolní Marklovice
p2 = Petrovice u Karviné
p3 = Prstná
p4 = Závada
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Petr Trojek (ODS)
established_title = First mentioned
established_date = 1305
area_magnitude = 1 E8
area_total_km2 = 20.47
population_as_of = 2006
population_note =
population_total = 5211
population_density_km2 = auto
latd = 49
latm = 53
lats = 46
latNS = N
longd = 18
longm = 32
longs = 38
longEW = E
elevation_m = 212
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 735 72
website = [http://www.petroviceuk.cz/ http://www.petroviceuk.cz/]
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Audio|Petrovice u Karvine.ogg|Petrovice u Karviné (1920-1952: "Petrovice") [Hosák et al 1980, 238.] (Polish: Audio-nohelp|Piotrowice kolo Karwiny.ogg|"Piotrowice koło Karwiny", _de. Petrowitz bei Freistadt) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It has a population of 5,211 (2006), 16.2% of the population are the Poles. [cite web |url= http://www.czso.cz/sldb/sldb2001.nsf/obce/599077?OpenDocument |title= 2001 census data |accessdate= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= Czech Statistical Office ] It lies on the border with Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The Petrůvka River flows through the village and enters the Olza River in Závada.

The village lies five kilometers north of the city centre of Karviná, next to the border with Poland. The villages of Dolní Marklovice, Prstná and Závada are administratively part of Petrovice.

The village is the site of the important railway border crossing to Zebrzydowice in Poland and it has also three road border crossings.

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References

* cite book
last = Hosák
first = Ladislav
coauthors = and Rudolf Šrámek
title = Místní jména na Moravě a ve Slezsku II, M-Ž
publisher = Academia
year = 1980
location = Praha
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External links

* [http://www.petroviceuk.cz/ Official website]