Opava

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Opava

Total population

54,840

Coordinates49.94°, 17.90°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Opava is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava River, near the border with Poland. It is a regional centre of education and culture, known for the Silesian University in Opava and the Silesian Museum.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

J

Josef Erber

Austrian SS officer

T

Tomáš Bucháček

Czech biker

Jan Klein

Czech imunologist (1936–2023)

G

Gebhard von Blücher

(1865-1931)

K

Karl Kaufmann

Austrian painter (1843–1905)

Vincenc Prasek

Czech historian and educator (1843–1912)

J

Josef Věntus

Czechoslovak rower (1931–2001)

P

Petr Pavlík

Czech soccer player

A

Antonín Procházka

Czech member of Czech National Council, constitutional judge, attorney and lawyer

Bohuslav Grabovský

Czechoslovak parachutist

František Klapuch

Czech Roman Catholic priest

Jaroslav Bohata

Czech soccer player (1893–1961)

Jindřich Urbánek

Czech politician, internist and university educator (1884–1964)

Josef David

Czech politician and publicist (1884-1968)

M

Marie Schenková

Czech art historian

A. C. Nor

Czechoslovak writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Moravian-Silesian

• Otice
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,282
• Pusté Jakartice
  2.8 mi away · pop. 76
• Slavkov
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,639
• Vávrovice
  3.2 mi away · pop. 860
• Milostovice
  3.2 mi away · pop. 251
• Velké Hoštice
  3.2 mi away · pop. 1,657
• Zlatníky
  3.3 mi away · pop. 340
• Komárov
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,381
• Branka u Opavy
  3.6 mi away · pop. 1,013
• Vlaštovičky
  3.9 mi away · pop. 358
• Vršovice
  4 mi away · pop. 437
• Uhlířov
  4 mi away · pop. 357

Browse all places in Moravian-Silesian →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Events

Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Opava, sourced from Wikidata.

• Týden divů

  festival

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Official Identifiers