Klopina

Municipality in Olomouc, Czech Republic

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49°49′7″N 17°1′10″E / 49.81861°N 17.01944°E / 49.81861; 17.01944Country

Czech RepublicRegionOlomoucDistrict ŠumperkFirst mentioned1366Area

• Total12.94 km² (5.00 sq mi)Elevation

306 m (1,004 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total608 • Density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codes

789 73

Websitewww.klopina.cz

Klopina (German: Kloppe) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Klopina lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Šumperk, 30 km (19 mi) north-west of Olomouc, and 189 km (117 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Veleboř is an administrative part of Klopina.

History

The first written mention of Klopina is from 1366.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	762	—
1880	806	+5.8%
1890	771	−4.3%
1900	732	−5.1%
1910	727	−0.7%
1921	759	+4.4%
1930	757	−0.3%
1950	595	−21.4%
1961	568	−4.5%
1970	590	+3.9%
1980	591	+0.2%
1991	584	−1.2%
2001	602	+3.1%
2011	619	+2.8%
2021	582	−6.0%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Střednědobý strategický rozvojový plán obce Klopina na období 2018–2023" (in Czech). Obec Klopina. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Šumperk" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 5–6.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.