Vojkovice (Frýdek-Místek District)

Vojkovice
Vojkovice
Municipality
	Municipal office
	Flag Coat of arms
	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)
• Total	784
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	739 51
Website	www.vojkovice.eu

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.

Geography

Vojkovice 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

Vojkovice 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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	515	—
1880	473	−8.2%
1890	389	−17.8%
1900	398	+2.3%
1910	427	+7.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	470	+10.1%
1930	497	+5.7%
1950	485	−2.4%
1961	552	+13.8%
1970	535	−3.1%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	502	−6.2%
1991	465	−7.4%
2001	495	+6.5%
2011	561	+13.3%
2021	710	+26.6%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

The D48 motorway (part of the European route E462) from Frýdek-Místek to Český Těšín passes through the southern part of the municipality.

Sights

Vojkovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a statue of Saint Francis of Assisi from the 18th century.^[5]

Notable people

Lubomír Pokluda (born 1958), footballer

References

^ "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.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Vojkovice. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

[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] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Vojkovice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

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