Karpentná

) is a village in Frýdek-Místek District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Třinec in 1980. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and has a population of 705 (1 January 2008). ["Počet obyvatel k 1.1.2008". Správní oddělení města Třince, 2008.] .

Popular folk song in the regional dialect "Na Karpyntnej zdechnył kóń (A Horse Died in Karpętna)" refers to the village. [Wierzgoń 2007, 107.] __NOTOC__

People

* Karol Daniel Kadłubiec, Polish ethnographer, folklorist and historian

See also

* Polish minority in the Czech Republic
* Zaolzie

Footnotes

References

* cite book
last = Wierzgoń
first = Józef
coauthors =
title = Śpiewamy wszyscy
publisher = Wydawnictwo Beskidy, Bronisław Ondraszek
year = 2007
location = Český Těšín - Cieszyn
pages =
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 978-80-254-1043-1

* cite book
last = Zahradnik
first = Stanisław
coauthors =
title = Struktura narodowościowa Zaolzia na podstawie spisów ludności 1880-1991
publisher = HT
year = 1991
location = Trzyniec
pages =
url =
doi =
oclc = 189422554
id =