Brno-Slatina

Slatina is a district of the second largest city in the Czech Republic - Brno.

It is located in the eastern part of the city and is somewhat separated from other parts. It neighbours with Černovická terasa – a zone for industrial development where many companies have facilities (such as Honeywell, Daikin and others).

In 1919, Slatina officially became part of Brno. Today's statistics show that Slatina currently has approximately 8,500 inhabitants.

Slatina has well preserved village center. Modern houses are located mostly in the south, panel houses were built in 1980s in the north part of Slatina.

Today, there are two trolleybus lines and several bus lines which serve the transport to and from the city center. Main Czech highway D1 leads near.

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Coordinates: 49°10′33″N 16°41′13″E / 49.17583°N 16.68694°E / 49.17583; 16.68694

Brno

Brno (English pronunciation: /ˈbɜːrnoʊ/;Czech pronunciation: [ˈbr̩no], also known by other alternative names) is the second largest city in the Czech Republic by population and area, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative center of the South Moravian Region in which it forms a separate district (Brno-City District). The city lies at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers and has about 400,000 inhabitants; its greater metropolitan area is home to more than 800,000 people while its larger urban zone had population of about 730,000 in 2004.

Brno is the seat of judicial authority of the Czech Republic – it is the seat of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, and the Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office. The city is also a significant administrative centre. It is the seat of a number of state authorities, including the Ombudsman, and the Office for the Protection of Competition. Brno is also an important centre of higher education, with 33 faculties belonging to 13 institutes of higher learning and about 89,000 students.

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