Otice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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49°55′0″N 17°52′12″E / 49.91667°N 17.87000°E / 49.91667; 17.87000Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrictOpavaFirst mentioned1361Area

• Total7.20 km² (2.78 sq mi)Elevation

258 m (846 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,448 • Density200/km² (520/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

747 81

Websitewww.otice.cz

Otice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈocɪtsɛ]; German: Ottendorf) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

History

The first written mention of Otice is from 1361.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	644	—
1880	726	+12.7%
1890	821	+13.1%
1900	819	−0.2%
1910	867	+5.9%
1921	900	+3.8%
1930	1,135	+26.1%
1950	850	−25.1%
1961	958	+12.7%
1970	993	+3.7%
1980	1,156	+16.4%
1991	1,265	+9.4%
2001	1,282	+1.3%
2011	1,311	+2.3%
2021	1,393	+6.3%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

Otice is located on the railway line from Opava to Svobodné Heřmanice, but trains run on it only on weekends.

Notable people

Josef Erber (1897–1987), Czech-German SS officer
Karolína Mališová (born 1996), model, Czech Miss Earth 2015

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie a současnost" (in Czech). Obec Otice. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Opava" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.