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Šumperk District

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Country
  
Czech Republic

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
124,745 (2007)

Region
  
Olomouc Region

Area
  
1,313 km²

Capital
  
Šumperk

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Clubs and Teams
  
Hokej Šumperk 2003, SK Loštice, FC Dubicko, TJ Sokol Lázně Velké Losiny, TJ Maletín

Points of interest
  
Hrubý Jeseník, Jeseníky, Ski areál Kouty, Paprsek, Králický Sněžník

Destinations
  
Staré Město, Šumperk, Velké Losiny, Hanušovice, Zábřeh

Šumperk District (Czech: Okres Šumperk) is a district (okres) within the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 123 890. It covers area of 1313,06 km². Its administrative centre is the town of Šumperk.

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Šumperk District shares border with the districts of Olomouc (to the south), Svitavy District (to the south-west), Ústí nad Orlicí District (to the north-west), Polish Kłodzko County (to the north), Jeseník District (to the north-east) and Bruntál District (to the east).

Geography

(Mohelnicko)

Šumperk District is part of Moravia except an area around Malá Morava village and Štíty town witch belongs to Bohemia. The highest point is The Praděd mountain (1492 meters) situated on a north, the lowest point is a floodplain of Morava river (339 meters) south of Loštice town.

District's surface is mostly mountainous and hilly. Wide lowland of Mohelnická brázda depression is situated in the center and most population lives there.

Demography

126 567 people live here in 2011. Most populated towns are Šumperk, Zábřeh and Mohelnice.

Nationalities

  • Czech 89,1%
  • Moravian 6,4%
  • Slovak 1,5%
  • Polish 0,2%
  • German 0,4%
  • Roma 0,1%
  • Citizenships

  • Czech Republic 125773 people (99,37%)
  • Poland 162 people (0,13%)
  • Slovakia 188 people (0,15%)
  • Ukraine 108 people (0,09%)
  • Vietnam 69 people (0,05%)
  • Confessions

  • believer 35,1%
  • atheist 56,1%
  • no data 8,8%
  • Geology

    Most rocks are metamorphic and igneous. The District has several deposits of minerals.

    Area – mineral

  • Sobotín, Krásné – crystals of albite, epidote, titanite
  • Bludov – bludovit (special kind of wollastonite)
  • Abandoned mines near Sobotín – actinolite, amphibole, asbestos and magnetite crystals
  • Petrov nad Desnou – staurolite crystals
  • Maršíkov – beryl, chrysoberyl, columbite, topaz and zircon.
  • Complete list of municipalities

    Bludov - Bohdíkov - Bohuslavice - Bohutín - Branná - Bratrušov - Brníčko - Bušín - Dlouhomilov - Dolní Studénky - Drozdov - Dubicko - Hanušovice - Horní Studénky - Hoštejn - Hraběšice - Hrabišín - Hrabová - Hynčina - Chromeč - Jakubovice - Janoušov - Jedlí - Jestřebí - Jindřichov - Kamenná - Klopina - Kolšov - Kopřivná - Kosov - Krchleby - Lesnice - Leština - Libina - Líšnice - Loštice - Loučná nad Desnou - Lukavice - Malá Morava - Maletín - Mírov - Mohelnice - Moravičany - Nemile - Nový Malín - Olšany - Oskava - Palonín - Pavlov - Petrov nad Desnou - Písařov - Police - Postřelmov - Postřelmůvek - Rájec - Rapotín - Rejchartice - Rohle - Rovensko - Ruda nad Moravou - Sobotín - Staré Město - Stavenice - Sudkov - Svébohov - Šléglov - Štíty - Šumperk - Třeština - Úsov - Velké Losiny - Vernířovice - Vikantice - Vikýřovice - Vyšehoří - Zábřeh - Zborov - Zvole

    References

    Šumperk District Wikipedia