Dolní Moravice

Dolní Moravice
Municipality
Church of Saint James the Great
Flag Coat of arms
Dolní Moravice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°58′38″N 17°19′18″E / 49.97722°N 17.32167°E / 49.97722; 17.32167
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Bruntál
First mentioned	1258
Area
• Total	22.22 km^2 (8.58 sq mi)
Elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	366
• Density	16.5/km^2 (42.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	795 01
Website	obecdolnimoravice.cz

Dolní Moravice (German: Nieder Mohrau) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. It lies on the Moravice River.

Administrative division

Dolní Moravice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Dolní Moravice (241)
• Horní Moravice (136)
• Nová Ves (17)

History

The first written mention of Dolní Moravice is from 1258.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,820	—
1880	1,852	+1.8%
1890	1,790	−3.3%
1900	1,647	−8.0%
1910	1,607	−2.4%
1921	1,534	−4.5%
1930	1,510	−1.6%
1950	820	−45.7%
1961	535	−34.8%
1970	444	−17.0%
1980	373	−16.0%
1991	346	−7.2%
2001	357	+3.2%
2011	395	+10.6%
2021	394	−0.3%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. "Obec Dolní Moravice" (in Czech). Obec Dolní Moravice. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
4. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

• Official website