Vrbice (Bohumín)

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Vrbice (help·info) (Polish: Wierzbica (info), German: Wirbitz) is a village in Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It was a separate municipality but became administratively a part of Bohumín in 1974. It has a population of 497 (December 2007).[1]

Village was first mentioned in a written document in 1229. The name of the village comes from the willow tree (Czech: vrba, Polish: wierzba), which grown here in the past in high numbers.

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  1. ^ Population statistics of Bohumín

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Coordinates: 49°53′0″N, 18°19′27″E