Šumperk District () is a

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in the

Olomouc Region Olomouc Region (; , ; ) is an administrative unit () 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 the historical region of Czech Silesia (''České Sl ...

of the

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

. Its capital is the town of

Šumperk Šumperk (; ) is a town in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 25,000 inhabitants. It is an industrial town, but it also contains valuable historical and architectural monuments. The historic town centre is well preserved and i ...

Administrative division

Šumperk District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Šumperk, Mohelnice and Zábřeh.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold: Bludov - Bohdíkov - Bohuslavice - Bohutín - Branná - Bratrušov - Brníčko - Bušín - Chromeč - Dlouhomilov - Dolní Studénky - Drozdov -

Dubicko Dubicko () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. Dubicko lies approximately south of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague Prague ( ; ...

Hanušovice Hanušovice () is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The Holba brewery is located in the town. Administrative division Hanušovice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets ...

- Horní Studénky - Hoštejn - Hraběšice -

Hrabišín Hrabišín () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Hrabišín lies approximately south-east of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague P ...

- Hrabová - Hynčina - Jakubovice - Janoušov - Jedlí - Jestřebí - Jindřichov - Kamenná -

Klopina Klopina () 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 Prague ( ; ...

- Kolšov - Kopřivná - Kosov - Krchleby -

Lesnice Lesnice is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Lesnice lies approximately south of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague. Demographics Nota ...

- Leština - Libina - Líšnice -

Loštice Loštice (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. The town is known for the production of aromatic cheese called ''Olomoucké tvarůžky''. Administrative division Loštice co ...

Loučná nad Desnou Loučná nad Desnou (until 1948 Vízmberk; ) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Loučná nad Desnou consists of six municipal part ...

- Lukavice -

Malá Morava Malá Morava () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Malá Morava lies approximately north-west of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague. Ad ...

- Maletín -

Mírov Mírov () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. It is known for its high-security and maximum security prison. Geography Mírov is located about southwest of ...

Mohelnice Mohelnice (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban m ...

- Moravičany -

Nemile Nemile () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Nemile lies approximately south-west of Šumperk, north-west of Olomouc, and east of Prague Prague ( ...

- Nový Malín - Olšany - Oskava - Palonín -

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Petrov nad Desnou Petrov nad Desnou (until 1955 Petrovice nad Desnou; ) is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Petrov nad Desnou consists of two munici ...

- Písařov -

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- Postřelmov - Postřelmůvek - Rájec -

Rapotín Rapotín () 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 in the Hanušovic ...

- Rejchartice - Rohle - Rovensko -

Ruda nad Moravou Ruda nad Moravou () is a municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Ruda nad Moravou consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population ac ...

- Šléglov - Sobotín - Staré Město - Stavenice -

Štíty Štíty (; until 1949 Šilperk; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monum ...

- Sudkov -

- Svébohov - Třeština -

Úsov Úsov () is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Úsov consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Úsov (1,01 ...

Velké Losiny Velké Losiny () is a spa municipality and village in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. It is known for the Velké Losiny Castle and for the Paper Mill at Velké Losiny, Paper Mill, which ...

- Vernířovice - Vikantice - Vikýřovice - Vyšehoří -

Zábřeh Zábřeh (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Zábřeh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

- Zborov - Zvole

Geography

Šumperk District borders Poland in the north. The landscape is mostly hilly and mountainous, and is divided by several river valleys. The territory extends into eight geomorphological mesoregions:

Hanušovice Highlands Hanušovice Highlands (, ) are highlands within the Eastern Sudetes mountain range that runs between Poland and the Czech Republic. It is named after Hanušovice town. The area is 793 km² and its average elevation is 527.2 meters. The hig ...

(most of the territory), Hrubý Jeseník (northeast), Golden Mountains (north),

Králický Sněžník Mountains The Králický Sněžník Mountains or Śnieżnik Mountains (, , ) is a massif and mountain range in the Eastern Sudetes on the border of the Czech Republic and Poland. Geomorphology The Králický Sněžník Mountains is a mesoregion of the ...

(north),

Zábřeh Highlands Zábřeh (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Zábřeh consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

(southwest), Mohelnice Depression (south),

Kłodzko Valley The Kłodzko Valley (, , ) a valley in the Sudetes mountain range, that covers the central part of Kłodzko County in south-western Poland, with the southern tip extending to the Czech Republic around the town of Králíky. The chief and larges ...

(a small part in the west),

Upper Morava Valley The Upper Morava Valley () is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc and Zlín regions. Its name is derived from the Morava river that forms the axis of the territory. Geomorphology The Up ...

(a small part in the east), and

Nízký Jeseník Nízký Jeseník (, ) is a flat highland and Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the east of the country in the Olomouc Region, Olomouc and Moravian-Silesian Region, M ...

(a small part in the east). The highest point of the district and of the entire Olomouc Region is the Praděd mountain in

with an elevation of . The lowest point is the river bed of the Morava in Moravičany at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 48.7% of the district's area. The most important river is the Morava, flowing across the district from north to south. Its largest tributaries within the district are the Desná and Moravská Sázava. The largest body of water is Moravičanské Lake with an area of , which is an artificial lake created by flooding a gravel quarry. A notable body of water is also the Dlouhé stráně Reservoir. The Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area extends into the district in the east, and the

Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area (, usually abbreviated as ''CHKO Litovelské Pomoraví'') is a protected landscape area in the floodplain of the Morava River, north of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. It was established on 15 Novemb ...

extends into the district in the south.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Šumperk District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

The D35 motorway (part of the

European route E442 European route E 442 is part of the international E-road network. Route * ** E48, E49 Karlovy Vary ** E55 Teplice ** E65 Turnov ** E67 Hradec Králové ** E462 Olomouc * ** E50, E75 Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of Eur ...

) from

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

ends in Mohelnice and further continues as the I/35 road. The I/44 road separates from it and runs across the district to the north.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: * Velké Losiny Castle *

Paper Mill at Velké Losiny The Paper mill at Velké Losiny is a historic mill in Velké Losiny in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It was founded in the late 16th century and is manufacturing handmade paper to this day. The four-hundred-year continuity of tradition ...

*Hydroelectric power plant in Třeština The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are: * Branná *

* Dlouhomilov * Jakubovice * Palonín * Třeština The most visited tourist destinations are the thermal water park in Velké Losiny and Dlouhé stráně Hydro Power Plant.

Notable people

References

External links

Šumperk District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumperk District Districts of the Olomouc Region