Horní Bludovice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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49°44′59″N 18°26′13″E / 49.74972°N 18.43694°E / 49.74972; 18.43694Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrict KarvináFirst mentioned1335Area

• Total8.98 km² (3.47 sq mi)Elevation

280 m (920 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total2,591 • Density290/km² (750/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

739 37

Websitewww.horni-bludovice.cz

Horní Bludovice (Polish: Błędowice Górne, German: Ober Bludowitz) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Prostřední Bludovice is an administrative part of Horní Bludovice.

Geography

Horní Bludovice is located about 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Karviná and 12 km (7 mi) east of Ostrava, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The municipality lies mostly in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills, but Prostřední Bludovice extends into the Ostrava Basin lowland. The highest point is the hill Kohout at 331 m (1,086 ft) above sea level. The Lučina River flows through the municipality.

History

The village of Bludovice (which was later known as Dolní Bludovice) was first mentioned in 1335. The division to Horní and Dolní Bludovice (Lower and Upper Bludovice) developed in the 15th century.^[2]

Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen within the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,289	—
1880	1,289	+0.0%
1890	1,271	−1.4%
1900	1,339	+5.4%
1910	1,353	+1.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	1,425	+5.3%
1930	1,507	+5.8%
1950	1,465	−2.8%
1961	1,613	+10.1%
1970	1,563	−3.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	1,528	−2.2%
1991	1,440	−5.8%
2001	1,564	+8.6%
2011	2,027	+29.6%
2021	2,477	+22.2%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Horní Bludovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a Baroque statue of Saint John of Nepomuk from the 18th century.^[5] A landmark is the Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk.

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: University of Silesia in Katowice. p. 41. ISSN 0208-6336.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Karviná" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Horní Bludovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-04.