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Vělopolí

Coordinates: 49°42′1″N 18°34′15″E / 49.70028°N 18.57083°E / 49.70028; 18.57083
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Vělopolí
Wielopole
Municipality
Municipal office
Municipal office
Flag of Vělopolí
Flag
Coat of arms of Vělopolí
Coat of arms
Vělopolí is located in Czech Republic
Vělopolí
Vělopolí
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°42′1″N 18°34′15″E / 49.70028°N 18.57083°E / 49.70028; 18.57083
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictFrýdek-Místek
First mentioned1448
Area
 • Total2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Elevation
370 m (1,210 ft)
Population
 (2022-01-01)[1]
 • Total306
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
739 59
Websitewww.velopoli.cz

Vělopolíⓘ (Polish: Wielopoleⓘ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Polish minority makes up 20.1% of the population.[2]

Etymology

The name is of topographic origins, meaning "large field" in Slavic languages (wiele pole in Polish, velké pole in Czech). It was first written as Wele Pole.[3]

Geography

Vělopolí lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia, in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills.

History

House No. 36 in 1950s

The first written mention of Vělopolí is from 1448. Politically it belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen.[4][5]

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political and legal district of Cieszyn. According to the censuses conducted in 1880–1910 the population of the municipality dropped from 327 in 1880 to 306 in 1910 with all the inhabitants being native Polish-speakers. In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Protestants (88.2%), followed by Roman Catholics (11.8%).[6]

After World War I, Polish–Czechoslovak War and the division of Cieszyn Silesia in 1920, Vělopolí became a part of Czechoslovakia. Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively adjoined to Cieszyn County of Silesian Voivodeship.[7] It was then annexed by Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War II. After the war it was restored to Czechoslovakia.

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2022". Czech Statistical Office. 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by selected ethnicity". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. 27 March 2021.
  3. ^ Mrózek, Robert (1984). Nazwy miejscowe dawnego Śląska Cieszyńskiego [Local names of former Cieszyn Silesia] (in Polish). Katowice: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach. p. 182. ISSN 0208-6336.
  4. ^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Vělopolí. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ^ Panic, Idzi (2015). Śląsk Cieszyński w średniowieczu (do 1528) [Cieszyn Silesia in Middle Ages (until 1528)] (PDF) (in Polish). Cieszyn: Starostwo Powiatowe w Cieszynie. p. 313. ISBN 978-83-935147-8-6.
  6. ^ Piątkowski, Kazimierz (1918). Stosunki narodowościowe w Księstwie Cieszyńskiem (in Polish). Cieszyn: Macierz Szkolna Księstwa Cieszyńskiego. pp. 266, 284.
  7. ^ "Ustawa z dnia 27 października 1938 r. o podziale administracyjnym i tymczasowej organizacji administracji na obszarze Ziem Odzyskanych Śląska Cieszyńskiego". Dziennik Ustaw Śląskich (in Polish). nr 18/1938, poz. 35. Katowice. 31 October 1938. Retrieved 1 July 2014. {{cite journal}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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