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Krajina dronem sloupnice tbs
Sloupnice is a large village in the Svitavy District (until January 1, 2007, in the Ústí nad Orlicí District) of the Pardubice Region in the northeast of Bohemia, Czech Republic. It lies in the north of Svitavy District, near the border of Ústí nad Orlicí District. The village is surrounded by five towns: Litomyšl - the nearest one, Ústí nad Orlicí, Česká Třebová, Vysoké Mýto and Choceň.
Contents
- Krajina dronem sloupnice tbs
- Map of 565 53 Sloupnice Czechia
- Z kladn kola sloupnice
- Topography
- Administrative division and local names
- Name
- Local area significancy
- Adjacent villages
- References
Map of 565 53 Sloupnice, Czechia
Z kladn kola sloupnice
Topography
Sloupnice is linear village formed around the east-west road connecting towns Ústí nad Orlicí and Vysoké Mýto. Although the length of the village along the road is approximately 6.5 km, the width of village is up to 500 m. The bus station in the middle of the village is the only open space area that can be considered as a village square or village green. The brook of Bílá Labuť (White Swan in English) flows close to the major road in the lower based two-thirds of village.
Administrative division and local names
For the purpose of the law (land register, election, etc.) the village is divided in following parts:
Some parts of central village (i.e. Dolní Sloupnice and Horní Sloupnice) have their folk names. These names are used at village council meeting as well.
Name
The word Sloupnice cannot be directly translated into English. It probably originates from the word slup that was a cage used in fishery. On historical maps the village can be found as Sloupnitz with parts Ober Slupnitz (Upper Sloupnitz) and Unter Sloupnitz (Lower Sloupnitz). The name of Džbánovec is diminutive name derived from geographical name Džbánov (Džbánov is neighbour village to Sloupnice). The name of Džbánov was probably derived from the Old Czech name Čbán.
Local area significancy
The village of Sloupnice is a local area centre. Health centre, primary school (basic school), kindergarten and post office are located there. Especially the health centre and primary school is used by other villages inhabitants (e.g. villages České Heřmanice, Džbánov, Horky, Voděrady).