Šumperk District ( cs, okres Šumperk) is a district ('' okres'') within the

Olomouc Region Olomouc Region ( cs, Olomoucký kraj; , ; pl, Kraj ołomuniecki) is an administrative unit ( cs, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western and central part of its historical region of Moravia (''Morava'') and in a small part of t ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Its administrative centre is the town of

Šumperk Šumperk (; german: Mährisch Schönberg) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 26,000 inhabitants. It is the centre of the north of Moravia and, due to its location, is known as "The Gate to the Jeseníky mountains. ...

. Šumperk District shares border with the districts of

Olomouc Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019). Located on th ...

(to the south),

Svitavy District Svitavy District ( cs, okres Svitavy) is a district (''okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Svitavy. As a part of Pardubice Region the district has borders with Ústí nad Orlicí District to the nor ...

(to the south-west),

Ústí nad Orlicí District Ústí nad Orlicí District ( cs, okres Ústí nad Orlicí) is a district (''okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Ústí nad Orlicí. The district has borders with Pardubice District to the west, Sv ...

(to the north-west),

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Kłodzko County __NOTOC__ Kłodzko County ( pl, powiat kłodzki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, south-western Poland. It came into being on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local gover ...

(to the north),

Jeseník District Jeseník District ( cs, okres Jeseník) is a district ('' okres'') in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its seat is the town of Jeseník. With approximately 38,000 inhabitants it is the least populated district of the Czech Republic. The a ...

(to the north-east) and

Bruntál District Bruntál District ( cs, okres Bruntál) is a district ('' okres'') within Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Bruntál, but the largest town is Krnov. Part of the district belongs to Moravia, while another part belongs to ...

(to the east).

Geography

Šumperk District is a part of

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The me ...

, except an area around Malá Morava village and

Štíty Štíty (; until 1949 Šilperk; german: Schildberg) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument ...

town, which belong to Bohemia. The highest point is the

Praděd Praděd (; german: Altvater; pl, Pradziad; literally " great grandfather") () is the highest mountain of the Hrubý Jeseník mountains, Moravia, Czech Silesia and Upper Silesia and is the fifth-highest mountain of the Czech Republic. The highes ...

mountain (1492 meters) situated on a north, the lowest point is a floodplain of

Morava river Morava may refer to: Rivers * Great Morava (''Velika Morava''; or only Morava), a river in central Serbia, and its tributaries: ** South Morava (''Južna Morava'') *** Binač Morava (''Binačka Morava'') ** West Morava (''Zapadna Morava'') * Mor ...

(339 meters) south of

Loštice Loštice (, german: Loschitz) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Žádlovice is an administrative part of Loštice. Geography Loštice is ...

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

According to 2011 census, Šumperk District had 126 567 inhabitants. The district has currently around 120,000 inhabitants. Most populated towns are

Zábřeh Zábřeh (; german: Hohenstadt) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Dolní Bušínov, Hněvkov, Pivonín and Václavov are administrative p ...

and

Mohelnice Mohelnice (; german: Müglitz) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrat ...

Nationalities

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ...

89,1% * Moravian 6,4% * Slovak 1,5% *

0,2% *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

0,4% *

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...

0,1%

Citizenships

125,773 people (99,37%) *

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

162 people (0,13%) *

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

188 people (0,15%) *

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108 people (0,09%) *

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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 –

crystal A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions. In addition, macros ...

s of

albite Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. It represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has the formula . It is a tectosilicate. I ...

epidote Epidote is a calcium aluminium iron sorosilicate mineral. Description Well developed crystals of epidote, Ca2Al2(Fe3+;Al)(SiO4)(Si2O7)O(OH), crystallizing in the monoclinic system, are of frequent occurrence: they are commonly prismatic in habi ...

titanite Titanite, or sphene (from the Greek ''sphenos'' (σφηνώ), meaning wedge), is a calcium titanium nesosilicate mineral, Ca Ti Si O5. Trace impurities of iron and aluminium are typically present. Also commonly present are rare earth metals in ...

*Bludov – bludovite (special kind of wollastonite) *Abandoned mines near Sobotín –

actinolite Actinolite is an amphibole silicate mineral with the chemical formula . Etymology The name ''actinolite'' is derived from the Greek word ''aktis'' (), meaning "beam" or "ray", because of the mineral's fibrous nature. Mineralogy Actinolite is ...

amphibole Amphibole () is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures. Its IMA symbol is A ...

asbestos Asbestos () is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere b ...

and

magnetite Magnetite is a mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe2+Fe3+2O4. It is one of the oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetic; it is attracted to a magnet and can be magnetized to become a permanent magnet itself. With the ...

crystals *Petrov nad Desnou –

staurolite Staurolite is a reddish brown to black, mostly opaque, nesosilicate mineral with a white streak. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, has a Mohs hardness of 7 to 7.5 and the chemical formula: Fe2+2Al9O6(SiO4)4(O,OH)2. Magnesium, zinc ...

crystals *Maršíkov –

beryl Beryl ( ) is a mineral composed of beryllium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Be3Al2Si6O18. Well-known varieties of beryl include emerald and aquamarine. Naturally occurring, hexagonal crystals of beryl can be up to several mete ...

chrysoberyl The mineral or gemstone chrysoberyl is an aluminate of beryllium with the formula Be Al2 O4. The name chrysoberyl is derived from the Greek words χρυσός ''chrysos'' and βήρυλλος ''beryllos'', meaning "a gold-white spar". Despite ...

columbite Columbite, also called niobite, niobite-tantalite and columbate [], is a black mineral group that is an ore of niobium. It has a submetallic Lustre (mineralogy), luster and a high density and is a niobate of iron and manganese. This mineral group w ...

topaz Topaz is a silicate mineral of aluminium and fluorine with the chemical formula Al Si O( F, OH). It is used as a gemstone in jewelry and other adornments. Common topaz in its natural state is colorless, though trace element impurities can mak ...

and

zircon Zircon () is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates and is a source of the metal zirconium. Its chemical name is zirconium(IV) silicate, and its corresponding chemical formula is Zr SiO4. An empirical formula showing some of the r ...

Complete list of municipalities

Bludov - Bohdíkov - Bohuslavice - Bohutín - Branná -

Bratrušov Bratrušov (german: Brattersdorf) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Bratrušov lies approximately north of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of ...

- Brníčko - Bušín - Chromeč - Dlouhomilov - Dolní Studénky - Drozdov - Dubicko - Hanušovice - Horní Studénky - Hoštejn - Hraběšice - Hrabišín - Hrabová -

Hynčina Hynčina is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Hynčina lies approximately south-west of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague. Administrativ ...

- Jakubovice - Janoušov - Jedlí - Jestřebí - Jindřichov - Kamenná -

Klopina 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 south of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague ...

- Kolšov -

Kopřivná Kopřivná (german: Geppersdorf) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Lužná is an administrative part of Kopřivná. Et ...

- Kosov - Krchleby - Lesnice - Leština - Libina - Líšnice -

Loučná nad Desnou Loučná nad Desnou (until 1948 Vízmberk; german: Wiesenberg) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Filipová, Kociánov, K ...

- Lukavice - Malá Morava - Maletín -

Mírov Mírov (german: Mürau) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Geography Mírov is located about southwest of Šumperk and northwest of Olomouc. It lies in th ...

- Moravičany - Nemile -

Nový Malín Nový Malín (until 1947 Frankštát; german: Frankstadt) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Mladoňov and Plechy are adm ...

- Olšany - Oskava - Palonín - Pavlov -

Petrov nad Desnou Petrov nad Desnou (until 1955 Petrovice nad Desnou; german: Petersdorf an der Tess) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village ...

- Písařov -

Police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

- Postřelmov - Postřelmůvek - Rájec -

Rapotín Rapotín (german: Reitendorf) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,300 inhabitants. Geography Rapotín is located about northeast of Šumperk and north of Olomouc. It lies ...

- Rejchartice - Rohle - Rovensko -

Ruda nad Moravou Ruda nad Moravou (german: Eisenberg) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Bartoňov, Radomilov, Hrabenov, Hostice and ...

- Šléglov - Sobotín - Staré Město - Stavenice -

- Sudkov -

- Svébohov -

Třeština Třeština (german: Trittschein) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Třeština lies approximately south of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of ...

Úsov Úsov (german: Mährisch Aussee, yi, Asyva) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Bezděkov u Úsova is an administrative part of Úsov. Hi ...

Velké Losiny Velké Losiny (german: Groß Ullersdorf) is a spa municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Bukovice, Ludvíkov, Maršíkov and Žár ...

- Vernířovice - Vikantice - Vikýřovice - Vyšehoří -

- Zborov - Zvole

References

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