Palkovice

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Palkovice

Total population

2,154

Elevation325 m

Land area21.73 km²

Coordinates49.63°, 18.32°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Palkovice is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Leoš Janáček

Czech composer (1854–1928)

N

Nikolaus von Ballestrem

German politician (1900-1945)

Theodor Čejka

Czech Esperantist and science writer (1878–1957)

D

Dalibor Vesely

Czech architectural theorist (1934-2015)

Antonín Kroča

Czech painter and artist

B

Bedřich Brož

Czechoslovak senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament and Czechoslovak politician (1886-1946)

V

Věra Vašínková

Czech politician

F

František Bílek

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, Czechoslovak politician and union member (1891-1967)

František Řezníček

Czech photographer (1954-2007)

J

Jan Bílek

Czech politician and manager

Karel Jaroslav Obrátil

Czech translator and writer (1866–1945)

V

Vladimír Němec

A

Alois Havel

Czech racing driver

F

František Zapletal z Luběnova

E

Erik Němec

ice hockey player (1993-)

K

Karel Sláma

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

Nearby places in Moravian-Silesian

• Hodoňovice
  1.7 mi away · pop. 598
• Zelinkovice
  2.2 mi away · pop. 292
• Bahno
  2.2 mi away
• Metylovice
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,491
• Myslík
  2.3 mi away · pop. 446
• Pržno
  2.6 mi away · pop. 750
• Lhotka
  2.7 mi away · pop. 432
• Staré Město
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,175
• Sviadnov
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,279
• Kozlovice
  4 mi away · pop. 2,602
• Staříč
  4 mi away · pop. 1,889
• Skalice
  4.2 mi away · pop. 1,109

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.

Recently spotted species

Cape gooseberry

Physalis peruviana

Seen 2026-09-21

Many-seeded Goosefoot

Lipandra polysperma

Seen 2026-09-21

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

Zebra Jumping Spider

Salticus scenicus

Seen 2026-09-20

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi

Seen 2026-09-20

Little Lovegrass

Eragrostis minor

Seen 2026-09-20

Autumn Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

Seen 2026-09-20

dwarf snapdragon

Chaenorhinum minus

Seen 2026-09-19

prostrate pigweed

Amaranthus albus

Seen 2026-09-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers