Lešná

Lešná
Lešná
Municipality
	Lešná Castle
	Flag Coat of arms
	Lešná Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°31′14″N 17°55′48″E / 49.52056°N 17.93000°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Vsetín
First mentioned	1355
Government
• Mayor	Jaromír Zavadil
Area
• Total	22.63 km2 (8.74 sq mi)
Elevation	278 m (912 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	2,046
• Density	90/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	756 41
Website	www.obec-lesna.cz

Lešná is a municipality and village in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Jasenice, Lhotka nad Bečvou, Mštěnovice, Perná, Příluky and Vysoká are administrative parts of Lešná.

History

The first written report of Lešná is in the Moravian municipal records from 1355.^[2]

Sights

The rich history of the village includes the castle built in the first half of the 17th century in the place of the medieval fort. In the mansion premises there is an English park which has an extent of 7.22 hectares. In the park there are rare plants and evergreen woody species. The Archangel Michael Church is the oldest building in the municipality and was built in the baroque style in 1635.^[2]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
^ ^a ^b "Historie Lešné" (in Czech). Obec Lešná. Retrieved 2020-10-26.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[history-2] "Historie Lešné" (in Czech). Obec Lešná. Retrieved 2020-10-26.

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