Zlín District

Zlín District is a district in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Zlín.

Administrative division

Zlín District is divided into five administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Zlín, Luhačovice, Otrokovice, Valašské Klobouky and Vizovice.

List of municipalities

Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:
Bělov -
Biskupice -
Bohuslavice nad Vláří -
Bohuslavice u Zlína -
Bratřejov -
Březnice -
Březová -
Březůvky -
Brumov-Bylnice -
Dešná -
Dobrkovice -
Dolní Lhota -
Doubravy -
Drnovice -
Držková -
Fryšták -
Halenkovice -
Haluzice -
Horní Lhota -
Hostišová -
Hřivínův Újezd -
Hrobice -
Hvozdná -
Jasenná -
Jestřabí -
Kaňovice -
Karlovice -
Kašava -
Kelníky -
Komárov -
Křekov -
Lhota -
Lhotsko -
Lípa -
Lipová -
Loučka -
Ludkovice -
Luhačovice -
Lukov -
Lukoveček -
Lutonina -
Machová -
Mysločovice -
Napajedla -
Návojná -
Nedašov -
Nedašova Lhota -
Neubuz -
Oldřichovice -
Ostrata -
Otrokovice -
Petrůvka -
Podhradí -
Podkopná Lhota -
Pohořelice -
Poteč -
Pozlovice -
Provodov -
Racková -
Rokytnice -
Rudimov -
Šanov -
Šarovy -
Sazovice -
Sehradice -
Slavičín -
Slopné -
Slušovice -
Spytihněv -
Štítná nad Vláří-Popov -
Študlov -
Tečovice -
Tichov -
Tlumačov -
Trnava -
Ublo -
Újezd -
Valašské Klobouky -
Valašské Příkazy -
Velký Ořechov -
Veselá -
Vizovice -
Vlachova Lhota -
Vlachovice -
Vlčková -
Všemina -
Vysoké Pole -
Zádveřice-Raková -
Želechovice nad Dřevnicí -
Zlín -
Žlutava

Geography

Zlín District borders Slovakia in the southeast. In the west, a lowland extends into the district, otherwise the terrain is hilly to mountainous. The territory extends into six geomorphological mesoregions: Vizovice Highlands, White Carpathians, Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains, Morava Valley, Lower Morava Valley, and Chřiby. The highest point of the district is the mountain Průklesy in Nedašov with an elevation of. The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Morava in Spytihněv at.
From the total district area of, agricultural land occupies, forests occupy, and water area occupies. Forests cover 42.7% of the district's area.
The main river of the district is the Morava, which crosses the district in the west. The area is poor in bodies of water. The only significant body of water is the Slušovice Reservoir.
Bílé Karpaty is a protected landscape area that covers the southeastern part of the district.

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Zlín District and at least 1,000 employees are:

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Continental Barum	Otrokovice	4,000–4,999	Manufacture of tyres
HP Tronic	Zlín	3,000–3,999	Retail sale
Regional Hospital of T. Baťa	Zlín	3,000–3,999	Health care
Regional Police Directorate of the Zlín Region	Zlín	1,500–1,999	Public order and safety activities
Tomas Bata University in Zlín	Zlín	1,500–1,999	Education
Fatra	Napajedla	1,000–1,499	Manufacture of plastic products
City of Zlín	Zlín	1,000–1,499	Public administration

Well-known companies employing 500–999 people and based in Zlín are Baťa and Tescoma.

Transport

The D55 motorway, which separates from the D1 motorway, leads to Otrokovice. The I/49 road runs from Otrokovice to the Czech-Slovak border via Zlín, across the district.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:

Monument to the resistance in Drnovice-Ploština
Vizovice Castle
Mikuláštík's office in Jasenná

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:

The most visited tourist destination are the Zlín-Lešná Zoo and Museum of South East Moravia in Zlín.