Strahovice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

Strahovice

Municipality

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Strahovice

Location in the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 50°0′7″N 18°5′14″E﻿ / ﻿50.00194°N 18.08722°E﻿ / 50.00194; 18.08722
Country|  Czech Republic
Region| Moravian-Silesian
District| Opava
First mentioned| 1349
Area

• Total

| 5.07 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Elevation

| 228 m (748 ft)
Population

(2025-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 891
• Density| 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

747 24

Website| www.strahovice.cz

Strahovice (German: Strandorf) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.

## History

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The first written mention of Strahovice is from 1349.[2]

## Demographics

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Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

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1869| 511| —
1880| 528| +3.3%
1890| 576| +9.1%
1900| 589| +2.3%
1910| 615| +4.4%
1921| 705| +14.6%
1930| 693| −1.7%
1950| 668| −3.6%
1961| 853| +27.7%
1970| 864| +1.3%
1980| 893| +3.4%
1991| 871| −2.5%
2001| 892| +2.4%
2011| 920| +3.1%
2021| 846| −8.0%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

## Notable people

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* Richard Henkes (1900–1945), German priest; worked here in 1941–1943

## Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic

Strahovice is twinned with:[5]

* Krzanowice, Poland
* Ruppach-Goldhausen, Germany

## References

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1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
2. ^ "O obci a okolí" (in Czech). Obec Strahovice. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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. ^ "Partnerské obce" (in Czech). Obec Strahovice. Retrieved 2022-03-08.

## External links

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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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