What is the population of Bocanovice, Moravian-Silesian?

Bocanovice has a population of approximately 428 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Bocanovice, Moravian-Silesian located?

Bocanovice is located in Moravian-Silesian, Czechia, at approximate coordinates 49.5691°, 18.7384°.

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Bocanovice

Moravian-Silesianvillage

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Bocanovice

Total population

428

Founded

1621

Elevation418 m

Land area3.77 km²

Coordinates49.57°, 18.74°

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City facts

Founded

1621

Elevation

418 m

Area

3.77 km²

Official website

www.bocanovice.cz

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Overview

Bocanovice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

History & geography

History

The first written mention of Bocanovice is from 1597. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen. It was the princely court, where four families originally settled and cultivated the fields of the court and performed all farm work. The village was then settled by the Vlachs, who came with their flocks of sheep from Romania. After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, the municipality became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Trans-Olza region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship. It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia. From 1961 to 1990, Bocanovice was a municipal part of Jablunkov. Since 1990, it has been a separate municipality.

Geography

Bocanovice is located about southeast of Frýdek-Místek and southeast of Ostrava. It is situated in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The western part of the municipality lies in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids and the eastern part lies in the Jablunkov Furrow lowland. The highest point is at above sea level. The Lomná River forms the eastern municipal border.

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