Kopřivnice
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| Kopřivnice | |||
| Nesselsdorf | |||
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| Country |  Czech Republic |
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| Region | Moravian-Silesian | ||
| District | Nový Jičín | ||
| Commune | Kopřivnice | ||
| Elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) | ||
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| Area | 27.48 km² (10.61 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 23,642 (2006-10-02) | ||
| Density | 860 /km² (2,227 /sq mi) | ||
| Mayor | Josef Jalůvka | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 742 21 - 742 74 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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  Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region
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| Wikimedia Commons: Kopřivnice | |||
| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.koprivnice.cz/ | |||
Kopřivnice (IPA: [ˈkopr̝̊ɪvɲɪtsɛ]; German: Nesselsdorf) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 23,500 inhabitants. Tatra truck company is based here, which, during socialism, employed over 16,000 (about 1,000 of them Vietnamese) and currently employs 3,700. The controlling interest of Tatra is now owned by an international consortium of Vectra Group of U.K., Sam Eyde of Lansing, Michigan, KBC PE of Belgium and Ronald Adams of Czech Republic.
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[edit] External links
- Municipal website (cz)
- Tourism website of region (en)
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