Vsetín District | |
Native Name: | Okres Vsetín |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 49.4°N 21°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Zlín |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Vsetín |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1131.07 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 142301 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name: | Municipalities |
Blank Info: | 59 |
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Blank1 Info: | 6 |
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Blank2 Info: | 1 |
Vsetín District (Czech: okres Vsetín) is a district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vsetín.
Vsetín District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Vsetín, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and Valašské Meziříčí.
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:
Branky - Bystřička - Choryně - Dolní Bečva - Francova Lhota - Halenkov - Horní Bečva - Horní Lideč - Hošťálková - Hovězí - Huslenky - Hutisko-Solanec - Jablůnka -Janová - Jarcová - Karolinka -Kateřinice - Kelč -Kladeruby - Krhová - Kunovice - Lačnov - Leskovec - Lešná - Lhota u Vsetína - Lidečko - Liptál - Loučka - Lužná - Malá Bystřice - Mikulůvka - Nový Hrozenkov - Oznice - Podolí - Police - Poličná - Pozděchov - Prlov - Prostřední Bečva - Pržno - Ratiboř - Rožnov pod Radhoštěm - Růžďka - Seninka - Střelná - Střítež nad Bečvou - Ústí - Valašská Bystřice - Valašská Polanka - Valašská Senice - Valašské Meziříčí - Velká Lhota - Velké Karlovice - Vidče - Vigantice - Vsetín - Zašová - Zděchov - Zubří
Vsetín District borders Slovakia in the southeast. The terrain is hilly to mountainous and except in the northwest, most of the landscape is forested. The territory extends into seven geomorphological mesoregions: Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains (most of the territory), Maple Mountains (southeast), Vizovice Highlands (southwest), Rožnov Furrow (a strip in the north), Moravian-Silesian Beskids (north), Moravian-Silesian Foothills (northwest), and White Carpathians (a small part in the south). The highest point of the district and of the entire Zlín Region is the mountain Čertův mlýn in Prostřední Bečva with an elevation of 1206m (3,957feet). The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Bečva in Kelč at 263m (863feet).
From the total district area of, agricultural land occupies, forests occupy, and water area occupies . Forests cover 54.9% of the district's area.[1]
The most important rivers of the district are the Vsetínská Bečva and Rožnovská Bečva, which join in Valašské Meziříčí and create the Bečva River. The area is poor in bodies of water. The only notable bodies of water is are the Karolinka and Bystřička reservoirs.
The eastern half of the territory is protected as the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.
Name | Population | Area (km2) | |
---|---|---|---|
25,255 | 58 | ||
22,833 | 35 | ||
16,151 | 39 | ||
5,549 | 28 | ||
3,084 | 23 | ||
2,686 | 28 | ||
2,512 | 43 | ||
2,438 | 42 | ||
2,409 | 42 | ||
2,383 | 42 |
The largest employers with headquarters in Vsetín District and at least 500 employees are:[3]
Economic entity | Location | Number of employees | Main activity | |
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1,500–1,999 | Manufacture of electronic components | |||
DEZA | 1,000–1,499 | Chemical industry | ||
1,000–1,499 | Manufacture of explosives | |||
ROBE lighting | Rožnov pod Radhoštěm | 500–999 | Manufacture of electronic components | |
AGEL Hospital Valašské Meziříčí | Valašské Meziříčí | 500–999 | Health care | |
MP Krásno | Valašské Meziříčí | 500–999 | Food industry | |
PWO Czech Republic | Valašské Meziříčí | 500–999 | Machining | |
Austin Detonator | Vsetín | 500–999 | Manufacture of detonators | |
Jednota, spotřební družstvo ve Vsetíně | Vsetín | 500–999 | Retail sale | |
Servis Climax | Vsetín | 500–999 | Manufacture of window blinds | |
Stín Kovo | Vsetín | 500–999 | Manufacture of window blinds | |
Vsetín Hospital | Vsetín | 500–999 | Health care | |
WOCO STV | Vsetín | 500–999 | Automotive industry |
There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/35 (part of the European route E442 from Olomouc to the Czech-Slovak border.
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:[4]
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:[5]
The most visited tourist destination is the Wallachian Open Air Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm.[6]
See main article: category.