Vojkovice (German: Wojkowitz, Polish: Wojkowice) is a municipality and village in the Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Vojkovice | |
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  Vojkovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′56″N 18°28′5″E / 49.68222°N 18.46806°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Frýdek-Místek |
| First mentioned | 1584 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 784 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 739 51 |
| Website | www |
Geography
editVojkovice is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Frýdek-Místek and 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Ostrava. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is at 360 m (1,180 ft) above sea level. The Lučina River flows through the municipality.
History
editVojkovice was founded around 1500, certainly before 1520. The first written mention is from 1573, when it was part of Frýdek state country. The inhabitants subsisted mainly on weaving, agriculture, and hauling merchant carts up the hills.[2]
Demographics
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Transport
editThe D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Frýdek-Místek to Český Těšín passes through the southern part of the municipality.
Sights
editVojkovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi from the 18th century.[5]
Notable people
edit- Lubomír Pokluda (born 1958), footballer
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Vojkovice. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vojkovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
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