Vsetín District

Vsetín District (Okres Vsetín in Czech) is one of four districts (okres) within Zlín Region (Zlínský kraj) of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Vsetín.

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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 - Študlov - Ústí - Valašská Bystřice - Valašská Polanka - Valašská Senice - Valašské Meziříčí - Valašské Příkazy - Velká Lhota - Velké Karlovice - Vidče - Vigantice - Vsetín - Zašová - Zděchov - Zubří

Coordinates: 49°20′25″N 17°59′35″E / 49.34028°N 17.99306°E / 49.34028; 17.99306

Police (Vsetín District)

Police is a village and municipality (obec) in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 13.22 square kilometres (5.10 sq mi), and has a population of 536 (as at 3 July 2006).

Police lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) north-west of Vsetín, 29 km (18 mi) north-east of Zlín, and 258 km (160 mi) east of Prague.

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Vsetín

Vsetín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈfsɛciːn]) is a town in Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 28,500 inhabitants and lies on the Vsetínská Bečva river.

The area around Vsetín, called Vsetínsko, is spread out on the foothills of the Vsetín, Hostýn and Vizovice Highlands around the Bečva River. This area features the remains of log houses and cultural monuments of significant importance mainly in Vsetín itself.

The folk culture has been kept alive by Wallachian song and dance groups for many decades. Originally a small town, Vsetín has become an important centre of industrial, economic, cultural and sports life during the last century.

History of Vsetín

Prehistory and beginning settlement

The landscape in valleys surrounding the Bečva River in Moravia-Slovakia border line was not inhabited before the Middle Ages. Man was discouraged from establishing permanent farm settlements in this region by its hilly landscape, deep forest valleys and forceful streams. Traces of settlement from primeval times in Vsetín and the surrounding area are therefore almost negligible.