Velká nad Veličkou

Velká nad Veličkou
Velká nad Veličkou
Municipality
	Saint Mary Magdalene Church
	Flag Coat of arms
	Velká nad Veličkou Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 48°52′57″N 17°31′14″E / 48.88250°N 17.52056°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
First mentioned	1228
Area
• Total	25.9 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	2,892
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	696 74
Website	www.obecvelka.cz

Velká nad Veličkou (German: Welka) is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants.

Velká nad Veličkou, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) east of Hodonín, 75 km (47 mi) south-east of Brno, and 261 km (162 mi) south-east of Prague.

Twin towns – sister cities

Velká nad Veličkou is twinned with:^[2]

Nowy Dwór Gdański, Poland

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
^ "Úvodní strana". hodoninsky.denik.cz (in Czech). Hodonínský deník. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

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[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.

[2] "Úvodní strana". hodoninsky.denik.cz (in Czech). Hodonínský deník. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

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