Nový Jičín District

Nový Jičín District (okres Nový Jičín) is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Nový Jičín.

Administrative division
Nový Jičín District is divided into five administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Nový Jičín, Bílovec, Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Kopřivnice and Odry.

List of municipalities
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Albrechtičky - Bartošovice - Bernartice nad Odrou - Bílov - Bílovec - Bítov - Bordovice - Bravantice - Frenštát pod Radhoštěm - Fulnek - Heřmanice u Oder - Heřmánky - Hladké Životice - Hodslavice - Hostašovice - Jakubčovice nad Odrou - Jeseník nad Odrou - Jistebník - Kateřinice - Kopřivnice - Kujavy - Kunín - Libhošť - Lichnov - Luboměř - Mankovice - Mořkov - Mošnov - Nový Jičín - Odry - Petřvald - Příbor - Pustějov - Rybí - Sedlnice - Šenov u Nového Jičína - Skotnice - Slatina - Spálov - Starý Jičín - Štramberk - Studénka - Suchdol nad Odrou - Tichá - Tísek - Trnávka - Trojanovice - Velké Albrechtice - Veřovice - Vražné - Vrchy - Závišice - Ženklava - Životice u Nového Jičína

Geography
The terrain is very varied. While the axis of the territory is formed by a lowland, in the north it turns into highlands and in the south it turns into mountains. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Nízký Jeseník (north), Moravian Gate (centre), Moravian-Silesian Foothills (centre), and Moravian-Silesian Beskids (south). The highest point of the district is the mountain Radhošť in Trojanovice with an elevation of 1129 m. The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Oder in Jistebník at 221 m.

From the total district area of 881.9 km2, agricultural land occupies 558.3 km2, forests occupy 203.9 km2, and water area occupies 18.5 km2. Forests cover 23.1% of the district's area.

The most important river is the Oder, which flows across the district from west to east. Its most important tributaries in the district are the Jičínka and Bílovka. The Oder river valley is rich in ponds, otherwise there are not many bodies of water.

The southern part of the territory is protected as the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area. The central part of the territory along the Oder River is protected as the Poodří Protected Landscape Area.

Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Nový Jičín District and at least 1,000 employees are:

Transport
The D1 motorway from Brno to Ostrava and the D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Nový Jičín to the Czech-Polish border pass through the district.

Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
 * Moravian Church meeting house in Fulnek
 * Birthplace of František Palacký in Hodslavice
 * Slovenská strela train in Tatra Technical Museum in Kopřivnice

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:
 * Nový Jičín (monument reservation)
 * Příbor (monument reservation)
 * Štramberk (monument reservation)
 * Bílovec
 * Frenštát pod Radhoštěm
 * Fulnek
 * Odry

The most visited tourist destinations are the Stezka Valaška treetop walkway near Pustevny and Tatra Technical Museum in Kopřivnice.