Horní Bludovice
Municipality
Municipal office
Municipal office
Flag of Horní Bludovice
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Coat of arms of Horní Bludovice
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Horní Bludovice is located in Czech Republic
Horní Bludovice
Horní Bludovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°44′59″N 18°26′13″E / 49.74972°N 18.43694°E / 49.74972; 18.43694
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictKarviná
First mentioned1335
Area
 • Total8.98 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Elevation
280 m (920 ft)
Population
 (2023-01-01)[1]
 • Total2,533
 • Density280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
739 37
Websitewww.horni-bludovice.cz

Horní Bludovice (Polish: Błędowice Górne, German: Ober Bludowitz) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Prostřední Bludovice is an administrative part of Horní Bludovice.

Geography

Horní Bludovice is located about 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Karviná and 12 km (7 mi) east of Ostrava, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The municipality lies mostly in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills, but Prostřední Bludovice extends into the Ostrava Basin lowland. The highest point is the hill Kohout with an elevation of 331 metres (1,086 ft). The Lučina River flows through the municipality.

History

The village of Bludovice (which was later known as Dolní Bludovice) was first mentioned in 1335. The division to Horní and Dolní Bludovice (Lower and Upper Bludovice) developed in the 15th century.[2]

Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen within the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18691,289—    
18801,289+0.0%
18901,271−1.4%
19001,339+5.4%
19101,353+1.0%
YearPop.±%
19211,425+5.3%
19301,507+5.8%
19501,465−2.8%
19611,613+10.1%
19701,563−3.1%
YearPop.±%
19801,528−2.2%
19911,440−5.8%
20011,564+8.6%
20112,027+29.6%
20212,477+22.2%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
  2. ↑ Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice. p. 41. ISSN 0208-6336.
  3. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Karviná" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
  4. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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