Šlapanice () is a town in

Brno-Country District Brno-Country District () is a Okres, district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highes ...

in the

South Moravian Region The South Moravian Region (; , ; ), or just South Moravia, is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia. The region's capital is Brno, th ...

of the

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. It has about 8,000 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Šlapanice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Šlapanice (7,460) *

Bedřichovice Bedřichovice is a village and an administrative part of Šlapanice in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. As of a census taken in 2011, it had 338 inhabitants. Geography Bedřichovice is located about to the east of Brno. It lies i ...

(339)

Geography

Šlapanice is located about east of

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

. It lies in the

Dyje–Svratka Valley The Dyje–Svratka Valley () is a valley and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the South Moravian Region. Its name is derived from the rivers Thaya (Dyje) and Svratka. Geomorphology The Dyje–Svratka Valley ...

. The Říčka stream flows through the town.

History

The first written mention of Šlapanice is from 1235.

Demographics

Economy

The largest employer based in the town's territory is CCI Czech Republic, a branch of

IMI plc IMI plc (), formerly Imperial Metal Industries Limited (1962–1968) and IMI Limited (1978–1981), is a British-based engineering company headquartered in Birmingham, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of t ...

. It produces

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s for the oil, petrochemical and energy industries.

Transport

The D1 motorway from Brno to

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

runs around the town. Šlapanice is located on the railway line Brno–

Uherské Hradiště Uherské Hradiště (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. The agglomeration with the two neighbouring towns of Staré Město (Uherské Hradiště District), Staré Město and Kunovice has over ...

Sights

The main landmark of Šlapanice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was originally a medieval Gothic church, rebuilt in the Baroque style in the mid-18th century.

Notable people

Alois Kalvoda Alois Kalvoda (15 May 1875 – 25 June 1934), was a Czech landscape painter. Biography Kalvoda was born in Šlapanice near Brno, the eighth of ten children. He attended the gymnasium in Brno and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague ...

(1875–1934), painter *

František Šterc František Šterc (27 January 1912 – 31 October 1978) was a Czech people, Czech football player. He played club football for SK Židenice. He played two matches for the Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia national team and wa ...

(1912–1978), footballer *

Vratislav Štěpánek Vratislav Štěpánek (18 June 1930, Vrútky – 21 July 2013, Šlapanice) was a clergyman, a bishop, and for a period from 1991 to 1994 the fifth patriarch of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church. In 1989, he had been assigned as Bishop of the Brno d ...

(1930–2013), clergyman and bishop; died here *

Libuše Šafránková Libuše Šafránková (married ''Abrhámová''; 7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She played leading roles in many Czech films and, according to audience polls, was the most popular Czech actress of the 20th century. She is best k ...

(1953–2021), actress *

Lukáš Dostál Lukáš Dostál (born 22 June 2000) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Ducks in the third round, 85th overall, of the 2018 NHL entry draft. Early life ...

(born 2000), ice hockey player

Twin towns – sister cities

Šlapanice is twinned with: *

Braine-l'Alleud Braine-l'Alleud (; ; ) is a Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Walloon Brabant, Belgium, about south of Brussels. The municipality consists of the following districts: Braine-l'Alleud ...

, Belgium

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Slapanice Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Brno-Country District