Ostrava-City District
Ostrava-City District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ostrava. Administrative division
Ostrava-City District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Ostrava. List of municipalities
Cities and towns are marked in bold:

Čavisov – Dolní Lhota – Horní Lhota – Klimkovice – Olbramice – Ostrava – Šenov – Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí – Václavovice – Velká Polom – Vratimov – Vřesina – Zbyslavice

Geography

The terrain is mostly flat and in the west slightly undulating, without significant hills. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Ostrava Basin (east and centre), Nízký Jeseník (west), Moravian Gate (southwest), and Opava Hilly Land (negligible part in the north). The highest point of the district is the hill Úhorky in Horní Lhota with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Oder in Ostrava-Antošovice at . From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 16.3% of the district's area. The most important river of the district is the Oder, which flows across the territory from south to north. The Opava River flows into the Oder from the west. The largest body of water is Heřmanický Pond with an area of . A part of the territory along the Oder River is protected as the Poodří Protected Landscape Area. Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy
Ostrava is the economic centre of the entire Moravian-Silesian Region. With only one exception, all the largest employers with headquarters in Ostrava-City District and at least 1,000 employees have their seat in Ostrava. The largest employers with headquarters in Ostrava and at least 1,500 employees are:

The largest company based in the district, but outside Ostrava, is KES – kabelové a elektrické systémy, a manufacturer of electrical equipment for motor vehicles with 1,000–1,499 employees. Transport
The D1 motorway from Brno to the Czech-Polish passes through the district. There is also the D56 motorway, which connects Ostrava with Frýdek-Místek. Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
Red Army Monument in Ostrava
Michal Mine in Ostrava
Hlubina Mine and Vítkovické železárny's high furnace and coke oven in Ostrava
Liska's villa in Ostrava

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:
Ostrava-Moravská Ostrava
Ostrava-Poruba
Ostrava-Přívoz
Ostrava-Vítkovice

Four of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Moravian-Silesian Region are located in Ostrava. The most visited tourist destinations are Lower Vítkovice, Ostrava Zoo, Landek Park Ostrava mining museum, and Silesian Ostrava Castle. Notable people

References

External links

Ostrava-City District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website

 
Districts of the Czech Republic