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Klimkovice
Moravian-Silesiantown
Klimkovice
Total population
3,131
Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Klimkovice is a spa town in Ostrava-City District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,400 inhabitants. The town proper is located on the Polančice Stream in the Moravian Gate lowland.
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History
Klimkovice was probably founded by Beneš I of Kravaře, who owned the area between 1383 and 1398. The first written mention of Klimkovice is from 1386, when it was already a town. According to the Austro-Hungarian census of 1910, 91.2% of the inhabitants were Czech-speaking and 8.5% were German-speaking. Almost all the inhabitants were Roman Catholics.
Geography
Klimkovice is located about west of Ostrava. It lies mostly in the Moravian Gate lowland. The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Nízký Jeseník range and includes the highest point of Klimkovice at above sea level. The Polančice Stream flows through the town. There are several small fishponds around the town.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Nearby places in Moravian-Silesian
- Olbramice1.6 mi away · pop. 473
- Polanka nad Odrou1.7 mi away · pop. 4,920
- Jistebník2.4 mi away · pop. 1,463
- Zbyslavice2.5 mi away · pop. 540
- Vřesina2.5 mi away · pop. 2,337
- Lhotka2.6 mi away · pop. 68
- Lubojaty3.4 mi away · pop. 378
- Bítov3.6 mi away · pop. 391
- Dolní Lhota4 mi away · pop. 1,228
- Proskovice4.1 mi away · pop. 1,125
- Košatka4.2 mi away · pop. 338
- Velké Albrechtice4.5 mi away · pop. 941
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office
- RÚIAN code
- CZ599549
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,454
- Wikidata
- Q176289
RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office — RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782