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Moravany (Pardubice District)

Coordinates: 50°0′4″N 15°56′27″E / 50.00111°N 15.94083°E / 50.00111; 15.94083
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Moravany
Municipality
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Coordinates: 50°0′4″N 15°56′27″E / 50.00111°N 15.94083°E / 50.00111; 15.94083
CountryFile:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
RegionPardubice
DistrictPardubice
First mentioned1244
Area
 • Total
16.41 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Elevation
242 m (794 ft)
Population
 (2026-01-01)[1]
 • Total
1,887
 • Density115.0/km2 (297.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
530 02, 533 72, 534 01
Websitewww.obec-moravany.cz

Moravany is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Moravany consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

  • Moravany (1,251)
  • Čeradice (56)
  • Moravanský (95)
  • Platěnice (231)
  • Platěnsko (21)
  • Turov (130)

Etymology

The name indicates a village inhabited by people who came from Moravia (Moravians).[3]

Geography

Moravany is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Pardubice. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the East Elbe Table, on the edge of the Polabí region. The Loučná River flows through the municipality. A flooded quarry called Duhový rybník is located north of the village of Moravany.

History

The first written mention of Moravany is from 1244, when there already was a stronghold with a small settlement around it. In the 16th and 17th century there were many ponds but they were later dried during the German colonisation and during the reign of Joseph II in 1782 they were turned into arable and given to settlers, mainly to the German ones.[4]

In 1806 the Crown Prince passed through Moravany, later known as the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. The settlers solicited designation of a priest and the building of a rectory although the foundation of a new church had been laid down in 1782 after the old one had burned to the ground. The rectory was then built in 1808. There were two bells in the steeple until the 1816 when one of them was taken away for military purposes. The church as it stands now was built in the 1920s in the place of the burned church.[4]

The railway was built in 1845.[4]

Demographics

Transport

Moravany is located on the railway lines Kolín–Česká Třebová via Pardubice and Chrudim–Moravany.[7]

Sights

The most significant monument is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It is a late Baroque building from 1782. It includes a fresco of the coronation of the Virgin Mary by Josef Kramolín.[8]

The 50th parallel passes through Moravany. It is marked with a plaque on the square Náměstí Hrdinů.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
  2. ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
  3. ↑ Profous, Antonín (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in čeština). p. 132.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Kapitoly z historie Moravan" (in čeština). Obec Moravany. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ↑ "Station details Moravany". České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
  8. ↑ "Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  9. ↑ "Obec Moravany" (in čeština). Obec Moravany. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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