Havířov

Havířov
Havířov
	Part of town square
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	; Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°46′59″N 18°25′22″E / 49.78306°N 18.42278°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Karviná
Founded	1955
City parts	8 Dolní Bludovice; Dolní Datyně; Dolní Suchá; Havířov-Město; Havířov-Podlesí; Prostřední Suchá; Šumbark; Životice
	Government
- Mayor	František Chobot (ČSSD)
	Area
- Total	32.07 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Elevation	260 m (853 ft)
	Population (31 December 2007)
- Total	82,768
- Density	2,580.9/km2 (6,684.4/sq mi)
Postal code	736 01
Website	http://www.havirov-city.cz/

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Havířov (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦaviːr̝of] ( listen); Polish: Hawierzów (info), Cieszyn Silesian: Hawiyrzów (info)) is a city in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 82,768 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the region. It is the largest town in the country without a university. Havířov lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

Havířov was founded after World War II (thus being the youngest city in today's Czech Republic) as a coal mining town. Havířov officially became a town in 1955. It was built on top of several villages with significant Polish populations. The local people were given apartments in the newly built city, and most of their old houses were demolished to make room for new urban buildings. The majority of the population of Havířov immigrated from other parts of Czechoslovakia, many of them from Slovakia, as migrant workers, thus substantially altering the ethnic structure of the area. Today, the original villages are administratively part of the city and mostly lie on the outskirts of urban Havířov.