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Vsetín District ( Czech : okres Vsetín ) is a district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic . Its capital is the town of Vsetín .

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15-1157: Vsetín District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence : Vsetín, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and Valašské Meziříčí. Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics : 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 - Ústí - Valašská Bystřice - Valašská Polanka - Valašská Senice - Valašské Meziříčí - Velká Lhota - Velké Karlovice - Vidče - Vigantice - Vsetín - Zašová - Zděchov - Zubří Vsetín District borders Slovakia in

30-545: A special status, being considered a municipality and region at the same time and not being a part of any district, but ten districts of Prague ( obvody ) were in some ways equivalent to okres . A reform in effect since January 2003 replaced the districts with 205 Administrative Districts of Municipalities with Extended Competence (abbreviated AD MEC; správní obvody obcí s rozšířenou působností , abbreviated SO ORP ), also called third-level municipalities, or unofficially "little districts". These municipalities took over most of

45-699: Is a river in the Czech Republic . It flows through the Zlín Region . It is the upper course of the Bečva , but usually it is considered a separate river. Until its confluence with the Rožnovská Bečva , when it further continues as Bečva, the Vsetínská Bečva is 59.4 km (36.9 mi) long. The name Bečva is derived from the old Czech words bek , beč (i.e. 'cry'), meaning 'loud river'. The attribute Vsetínská

60-557: Is a municipality to which the state delegates part of its powers, but not to the extent that it delegates it to a municipality with extended competence. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Vset%C3%ADnsk%C3%A1 Be%C4%8Dva The Vsetínská Bečva (also called Horní Bečva ; German : Obere Betschwa , Obere Betsch )

75-556: Is derived from the town of Vsetín . The river is also called Horní Bečva ('upper Bečva'). From a water management point of view, the Bečva and Vsetínská Bečva are two different rivers with separate numbering of river kilometres . The Vsetínská Bečva originates in the territory of Velké Karlovice in the Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains at an elevation of 896 m (2,940 ft) and then flows to Valašské Meziříčí , where it merges with

90-550: The Rožnovská Bečva River at an elevation of 285 m (935 ft) and continues as Bečva. It is 59.4 km (36.9 mi) long. Its drainage basin has an area of 734 km (283 sq mi), of which 727.5 km (280.9 sq mi) is in the Czech Republic. The longest tributaries of the Vsetínská Bečva are: The most notable settlement on the river is the town of Vsetín . The river flows through

105-663: The 2021 reform, borders of AD MECs respect borders of districts, with only exception granted by law being AD MEC of Turnov, which is partly in districts of Semily, Jablonec nad Nisou and Liberec. The reasons are the vastness of this territory and different requirements of the territory's population. Administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence are further divided into 393 Administrative Districts of Municipalities with Commissioned Local Authority (abbreviated AD CLA; správní obvody obcí s pověřeným obecním úřadem , abbreviated SO POÚ), also called "second-level municipalities"). A municipality with commissioned local authority

120-522: The Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence Districts of the Czech Republic are territorial units, formerly used as second-level administrative divisions of the Czech Republic . After their primary administrative function has been abolished in 2003, they still exist for the activities of specific authorities and as statistical units. Their administrative function was moved to selected municipalities. In 1960, Czechoslovakia

135-490: The administration of the former district authorities. The old districts still exist as territorial units and remain as seats of some of the offices, especially courts , police and archives . In 2007 the borders of the districts were slightly adjusted and 119 municipalities were moved into different districts. In 2021 another reform was made and 18 municipalities were moved between districts or between administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence. After

150-871: The district's area. The most important rivers of the district are the Vsetínská Bečva and Rožnovská Bečva , which join in Valašské Meziříčí and create the Bečva River. The area is poor in bodies of water. The only notable bodies of water is are the Karolinka and Bystřička reservoirs. The eastern half of the district is protected within the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area . The largest employers with headquarters in Vsetín District and at least 500 employees are: There are no motorways passing through

165-685: The district. The most important road is the I/35 (part of the European route E442 from Olomouc to the Czech-Slovak border. The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments , are: The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones , are: The most visited tourist destination is the Wallachian Open Air Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. Districts of

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180-594: The municipal territories of Velké Karlovice , Karolinka , Nový Hrozenkov , Halenkov , Huslenky , Hovězí , Janová , Ústí , Vsetín, Ratiboř , Pržno , Jablůnka , Mikulůvka , Bystřička , Jarcová and Valašské Meziříčí . There are no reservoirs and fishponds built directly on the Vsetínská Bečva. There are 165 bodies of water in the basin area. The largest of them are the Karolinka Reservoir with an area of 44 ha (110 acres) and Bystřička Reservoir with an area of 22 ha (54 acres). The Vsetínská Bečva

195-661: The south). The highest point of the district and of the entire Zlín Region is the mountain Čertův mlýn in Prostřední Bečva with an elevation of 1,206 m (3,957 ft). The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Bečva in Kelč at 263 m (863 ft). From the total district area of 1,131.1 km (436.7 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 403.0 km (155.6 sq mi), forests occupy 620.9 km (239.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 11.1 km (4.3 sq mi). Forests cover 54.9% of

210-454: The southeast. The terrain is hilly to mountainous and except in the northwest, most of the landscape is forested. The territory extends into seven geomorphological mesoregions: Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains (most of the territory), Maple Mountains (southeast), Vizovice Highlands (southwest), Rožnov Furrow (a strip in the north), Moravian-Silesian Beskids (north), Moravian-Silesian Foothills (northwest), and White Carpathians (a small part in

225-469: Was re-divided into districts ( okres , plural okresy ) often without regard to traditional division and local relationships. In the area of the Czech Republic, there were 75 districts; the 76th Jeseník District was split from Šumperk District in 1996. Three consisted only of statutory cities Brno , Ostrava and Plzeň which gained the status of districts only in 1971; Ostrava and Plzeň districts were later expanded. The capital city of Prague has

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