Kopřivnice

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Location of Kopřivnice in the Czech Republic
Location of Kopřivnice in the Czech Republic

Kopřivnice (IPA: [ˈkopr̝̊ɪvɲɪtsɛ]; German: Nesselsdorf) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 23,500 inhabitants. Tatra truck company is based here, which, during socialism, employed over 16,000 (about 1,000 of them Vietnamese) and currently employs 3,700. It is now privately owned by Ronald Adams, of Fort Worth, Texas. Athlete Emil Zátopek was born in Kopřivnice.

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Coordinates: 49°36′N 18°09′E