Vnorovy
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Vnorovy is a village and municipality (obec
Obec
Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...

) in Hodonín District
Hodonín District
Hodonín District is one of seven districts within South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic...

 in the South Moravian Region
South Moravian Region
South Moravian Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia, with exception of Jobova Lhota, that belongs to Bohemia. Its capital is Brno the 2nd largest city of the Czech Republic. The region is famous for its wine...

 of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 16.88 square kilometres (6.5 sq mi), and has a population of 3,005 (as at 1 January 2008).

Vnorovy lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Hodonín
Hodonín
Hodonín is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region. The population is 26,226 . Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town...

, 62 km (39 mi) south-east of Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...

, and 248 km (154 mi) south-east of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

.

Personalities

  • Marie Kudeříková
    Marie Kudeříková
    Marie Kudeříková was a student active in the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation during the World War II. In 1941 she was arrested by Gestapo and at a subsequent trial she was sentenced to death...

     (1921 - 1943), a member of the Czech resistance to Nazi occupation
    Czech resistance to Nazi occupation
    Czech resistance to German Nazi occupation during World War II is a scarcely documented subject, by and large a result of little formal resistance and an effective German policy that deterred acts of resistance or annihilated organizations of resistance...

    , was born in Vnorovy
  • Jan Skácel
    Jan Skácel
    Jan Skácel was a Czech poet of Moravian origin, widely acclaimed as one of the best poets who had been writing in Czech....

    (1922 - 1989), Czech poet, was born in Vnorovy
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