Hradec nad Moravicí

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Coordinates: 49°51′39″N 17°52′16″E / 49.86083, 17.87111

Hradec nad Moravicí

Town

Coat of arms

Country

Commune

Parts

Moravice

Elevation

264 m (866 ft)

Coordinates

49°51′39″N 17°52′16″E / 49.86083, 17.87111

Area

44 km² (17 sq mi)

Population

5,186 (2006)

Density

118 /km² (306 /sq mi)

First mentioned

1066

Mayor

Karel Valušek

Timezone

CET (UTC+1)

- summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

747 41 - 747 84

Location in the Czech Republic

Location in the Moravian-Silesian Region

Wikimedia Commons: Hradec nad Moravicí

Statistics: statnisprava.cz

Website: www.muhradec.cz

Hradec nad Moravicí (IPA: [ˈɦradɛts nat ˈmoravɪtsi:], German: Grätz) is a town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has cca 5,150 inhabitants. The town is dominated by a castle complex.

According to the Austrian census of 1910 the town had 329 inhabitants, 314 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 169 (53.8%) were German-speaking and 144 (45.9%) were Czech-speaking. Most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 327 (99.4%).^[1]