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Sloup (Blansko District)

Coordinates: 49°25′17″N 16°44′26″E / 49.42139°N 16.74056°E / 49.42139; 16.74056
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Sloup
Městys
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Flag of Sloup
Flag
Coat of arms of Sloup
Coat of arms
Sloup is located in Czech Republic
Sloup
Sloup
Coordinates: 49°25′17″N 16°44′26″E / 49.42139°N 16.74056°E / 49.42139; 16.74056
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Moravian
DistrictBlansko
Area
 • Total7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation
471 m (1,545 ft)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total962
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Postal code
679 13
Websitehttp://www.sloup.info/

Sloup is a market town (městys) in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.

The town covers an area of 7.64 square kilometres (2.95 sq mi), and has a population of 902 (as at 28 August 2006).

Sloup lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Blansko, 27 km (17 mi) north of Brno, and 183 km (114 mi) south-east of Prague.

Approximately 0,7 miles from Sloup, Sloupsko-šošůvské caves are located, with the Kůlna Cave – the cave that became a remarkable European Paleolithic site since the 1880s.

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