a new home to people from undermined parts of the town and new citizens. Construction of the housing estate began in 1963. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, there was a shift away from the town's one-sided focus on coal mining, and revitalization efforts began. Demography Economy In the Quality of Life Index, which has been comparing the standard of living in the cities and towns of the Czech Republic since 2018, Orlová has always finished in last place out of 206 evaluated. The town is facing high unemployment and lack of job opportunities, air pollution, insufficient infrastructure, demographic issues and other problems. Education There are seven primary schools in Orlová, including one in the Polish language. Five entities provide secondary education in the town and one entity provides a higher vocational education. Sport Orlová organises annually a women's cycle stage race Gracia–Orlová and hosts the final stage of the race. The town's football club FK Slavia Orlová plays in the lower amateur tiers of the Czech football system. Sights The most important landmark in Orlová is the neo-Gothic Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, built in 1903–1906. Its neo-Gothic appearance is the cleanest in the Czech Republic. This church replaced an older church from 1466, which was built on a pilgrimage site documented in the 13th century. It has a presbytery from the previous church. The church complex includes a valuable set of statues with a staircase, and is surrounded by the adjacent castle park. The building is undermined and has been threatened with extinction several times in its history. The castle park is located on the site of a castle from 1765, which was damaged by coal mining and subsequently demolished in 1974. The park was established in the first half of the 19th century. Another notable landmark is the town hall from 1928. It is a three-storey house with Neoclassical façade, protected as a cultural monument. The Lutheran church is a Neoclassical building. It was consecrated in 1862. Notable people Emanuel Chobot (1881–1944), Polish politician Karol Piegza (1899–1988), Polish writer, folklorist and artist Józef Berger (1901–1962), Polish theologian and politician Adolf Fierla (1908–1967), Polish poet Gustaw Przeczek (1913–1974), Polish poet and writer Stanislav Kolíbal (born 1925), artist and sculptor Bohdan Warchal (1930–2000), Slovak violinist Eugene K. Balon (1930–2013), Polish-Czech-Canadian zoologist and ichthyologist Radim Uzel (1940–2022), sexologist; studied here Martina Janková (born 1972), opera singer Twin