Opava District

District in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

Opava District

Okres Opava

District

Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region within the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 49°53′N 17°53′E﻿ / ﻿49.883°N 17.883°E﻿ / 49.883; 17.883
Country|  Czech Republic
Region| Moravian-Silesian
Capital| Opava
Area

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• Total

| 1,115.87 km2 (430.84 sq mi)
Population

(2025)[2]

• Total

| 174,423
• Density| 160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities| 77
* Towns| 7
* Market towns| 2

Opava District (Czech: okres Opava) is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava.

## Administrative division

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Opava District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Opava, Hlučín, Kravaře and Vítkov.

### List of municipalities

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Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Bělá \- Bohuslavice \- Bolatice \- Branka u Opavy \- Bratříkovice \- Březová \- Brumovice \- Budišov nad Budišovkou \- Budišovice \- Čermná ve Slezsku \- Chlebičov \- Chuchelná \- Chvalíkovice \- Darkovice \- Děhylov \- Dobroslavice \- Dolní Benešov \- Dolní Životice \- Háj ve Slezsku \- Hať \- Hlavnice \- Hlubočec \- Hlučín \- Hněvošice \- Holasovice \- Hrabyně \- Hradec nad Moravicí \- Jakartovice \- Jezdkovice \- Kobeřice \- Kozmice \- Kravaře \- Kružberk \- Kyjovice \- Lhotka u Litultovic \- Litultovice \- Ludgeřovice \- Markvartovice \- Melč \- Mikolajice \- Mladecko \- Mokré Lazce \- Moravice \- Neplachovice \- Nové Lublice \- Nové Sedlice \- Oldřišov \- Opava \- Otice \- Píšť \- Pustá Polom \- Radkov \- Raduň \- Rohov \- Šilheřovice \- Skřipov \- Slavkov \- Služovice \- Sosnová \- Štáblovice \- Staré Těchanovice \- Stěbořice \- Štěpánkovice \- Štítina \- Strahovice \- Sudice \- Svatoňovice \- Těškovice \- Třebom \- Uhlířov \- Velké Heraltice \- Velké Hoštice \- Větřkovice \- Vítkov \- Vřesina \- Vršovice \- Závada

## Geography

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Budišov nad Budišovkou and surrounding landscape

Opava District borders Poland in the north. The territory is hilly, but the average altitude is low. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Nízký Jeseník (west and south), Opava Hilly Land (east and north), and Ostrava Basin (a small part in the northeast). The highest point of the district is the hill Červená hora in Budišov nad Budišovkou with an elevation of 749 m (2,457 ft). The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Oder in Šilheřovice at 198 m (650 ft).

From the total district area of 1,115.9 km2 (430.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 682.2 km2 (263.4 sq mi), forests occupy 312.5 km2 (120.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 19.0 km2 (7.3 sq mi). Forests cover 28.0% of the district's area.[1]

The entire district is drained by the Oder River, but this river appears in the territory only briefly. The most important rivers of the district are the Opava, which flows across the district from northwest to east, and the Moravice, which enters the district in the west and joins the Opava near the city of Opava. The largest body of water is Kružberk Reservoir, built on the Moravice.

There are no large-scale protected areas.

## Demographics

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Historical population| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1869| 115,560| —
1880| 125,364| +8.5%
1890| 132,321| +5.5%
1900| 141,959| +7.3%
1910| 149,943| +5.6%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1921| 152,943| +2.0%
1930| 161,971| +5.9%
1950| 130,606| −19.4%
1961| 153,562| +17.6%
1970| 161,085| +4.9%
| Year| Pop.| ±%

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1980| 172,981| +7.4%
1991| 177,370| +2.5%
2001| 177,970| +0.3%
2011| 174,901| −1.7%
2021| 171,502| −1.9%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

### Most populated municipalities

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Name  | Population[2] | Area (km2)

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Opava | 55,109 | 91
Hlučín | 13,352 | 21
Kravaře | 6,689 | 19
Vítkov | 5,508 | 55
Hradec nad Moravicí | 5,459 | 44
Ludgeřovice | 4,989 | 11
Bolatice | 4,530 | 13
Dolní Benešov | 3,869 | 15
Háj ve Slezsku | 3,239 | 14
Kobeřice | 3,197 | 17

## Economy

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The largest employers with headquarters in Opava District and at least 500 employees are:[5]

Economic entity  | Location  | Number of employees  | Main activity

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Silesian Hospital in Opava | Opava | 1,500–1,999 | Health care
Brano | Hradec nad Moravicí | 1,000–1,499 | Automotive industry
Model Obaly | Opava | 1,000–1,499 | Manufacture of paperboard packaging
Teva Czech Industries | Opava | 1,000–1,499 | Manufacture of pharmaceutical products
City of Opava | Opava | 500–999 | Public administration
Isotra | Opava | 500–999 | Manufacture of window blinds
Ostroj | Opava | 500–999 | Manufacture of machinery for mining
Psychiatric Hospital in Opava | Opava | 500–999 | Health care
Silesian University in Opava | Opava | 500–999 | Education
State Office of Labor Inspection | Opava | 500–999 | Public administration
TAPI Czech Industries | Opava | 500–999 | Manufacture of pharmaceutical products
TEMPO, obchodní družstvo | Opava | 500–999 | Retail sale
Witzenmann Opava | Opava | 500–999 | Treatment and coating of metals

## Transport

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The D1 motorway from Ostrava to the Czech-Polish border briefly runs along the eastern district border; otherwise there are no motorway passing through the district. The most important road is the I/11 from Ostrava to Bruntál via Opava.

## Sights

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Basilica of the Visitation of Our Lady in Frýdek-Místek

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:[6]

* Chapel of the Holy Cross in Opava
* Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Opava
* Hradec nad Moravicí Castle
* Petr Bezruč City House of Culture in Opava
* Grave of Jan Zajíc in Vítkov
* Šilheřovice Castle

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:[7]

* Lipina (monument reservation)
* Budišov nad Budišovkou
* Hlučín
* Hradec nad Moravicí
* Opava

The most visited tourist destinations are the Hradec nad Moravicí Castle and Silesian Museum in Opava.[8][9]

## Notable people

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Main category: People from Opava District

## References

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1. ^ a b "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
2. ^ a b "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
3. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. ^ "Registr ekonomických subjektů". Business Register (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2025-03-21.
6. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Opava". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Opava". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
8. ^ "Návštěvnost památek 2021" (in Czech). Národní informační a poradenské středisko pro kulturu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
9. ^ "Návštěvnost muzeí, galerií a památníků 2021" (in Czech). Národní informační a poradenské středisko pro kulturu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opava District.

* Opava District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website

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Districts of the Moravian-Silesian Region

* Bruntál
* Frýdek-Místek
* Karviná
* Nový Jičín
* Opava
* Ostrava-City

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Towns, market towns and villages of Opava District

* Bělá
* Bohuslavice
* Bolatice
* Branka u Opavy
* Bratříkovice
* Březová
* Brumovice
* Budišov nad Budišovkou
* Budišovice
* Čermná ve Slezsku
* Chlebičov
* Chuchelná
* Chvalíkovice
* Darkovice
* Děhylov
* Dobroslavice
* Dolní Benešov
* Dolní Životice
* Háj ve Slezsku
* Hať
* Hlavnice
* Hlubočec
* Hlučín
* Hněvošice
* Holasovice
* Hrabyně
* Hradec nad Moravicí
* Jakartovice
* Jezdkovice
* Kobeřice
* Kozmice
* Kravaře
* Kružberk
* Kyjovice
* Lhotka u Litultovic
* Litultovice
* Ludgeřovice
* Markvartovice
* Melč
* Mikolajice
* Mladecko
* Mokré Lazce
* Moravice
* Neplachovice
* Nové Lublice
* Nové Sedlice
* Oldřišov
* Opava
* Otice
* Píšť
* Pustá Polom
* Radkov
* Raduň
* Rohov
* Šilheřovice
* Skřipov
* Slavkov
* Služovice
* Sosnová
* Štáblovice
* Staré Těchanovice
* Stěbořice
* Štěpánkovice
* Štítina
* Strahovice
* Sudice
* Svatoňovice
* Těškovice
* Třebom
* Uhlířov
* Velké Heraltice
* Velké Hoštice
* Větřkovice
* Vítkov
* Vřesina
* Vršovice
* Závada

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* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Israel

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

Other|

* Yale LUX

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