Služovice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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49°59′19″N 17°59′42″E / 49.98861°N 17.99500°E / 49.98861; 17.99500Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrictOpavaFirst mentioned1349Area

• Total5.99 km² (2.31 sq mi)Elevation

269 m (883 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total821 • Density140/km² (350/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

747 28

Websitewww.sluzovice.cz

Služovice (German: Schlausewitz) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.

Administrative parts

The village of Vrba is an administrative part of Služovice.

History

The first written mention of Služovice is from 1349. The municipalities of Služovice and Vrbka were merged in 1979.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	543	—
1880	536	−1.3%
1890	536	+0.0%
1900	511	−4.7%
1910	530	+3.7%
1921	556	+4.9%
1930	490	−11.9%
1950	465	−5.1%
1961	549	+18.1%
1970	631	+14.9%
1980	734	+16.3%
1991	766	+4.4%
2001	814	+6.3%
2011	790	−2.9%
2021	810	+2.5%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Služovice. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
^ "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.