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Urban area in Moravia-Silesia, Czechia
Ostrava metropolitan area Ostravská metropolitní oblast
Urban area
Skyline of OstravaSkyline of Ostrava
Country Czechia
RegionMoravia-Silesia
Largest cityOstrava
Area
 • Metro2,710 km (1,050 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro970,189
 • Metro density360/km (930/sq mi)
GDP
 • Metro€24.329 billion (2022)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Websiteitiostravsko.cz


The Ostrava metropolitan area (Czech: Ostravská metropolitní oblast) is the metropolitan area with the city of Ostrava in the Czech Republic at its center. The Ostrava urban area is the largest urban area in the metropolitan area with a population of 365,000. The metropolitan area has over 81% of the population of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The population of the metropolitan area is 970,189 as of 2024. An alternative definition, the Eurostat Larger Urban Zone, lists a population of 1,153,876. The Ostrava metropolitan area is sometimes combined with the Katowice metropolitan area to form a wider metropolitan area with a population of 5,008,000 (2015). The metropolitan area has 172 municipalities.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1950685,680—    
1961826,049+20.5%
1970960,213+16.2%
19801,032,465+7.5%
19911,049,794+1.7%
20011,034,314−1.5%
2011985,696−4.7%
2021949,291−3.7%
Source: Censuses

Municipalities

Name Population (2024)
Albrechtice 3,818
Albrechtičky 688
Baška 4,029
Bělá 668
Bílá 284
Bílov 588
Bílovec 7,401
Bítov 493
Bocanovice 498
Bohumín 20,519
Bohuslavice 1,786
Bolatice 4,501
Branka u Opavy 1,074
Bravantice 1,041
Brumovice 1,531
Brušperk 4,157
Bruzovice 979
Budišovice 788
Býkov-Láryšov 166
Bystřice 5,266
Čavisov 512
Čeladná 2,904
Český Těšín 23,282
Darkovice 1,380
Děhylov 746
Dětmarovice 4,435
Dobrá 3,248
Dobratice 1,399
Dobroslavice 782
Dolní Benešov 3,892
Dolní Domaslavice 1,460
Dolní Lhota 1,518
Dolní Lutyně 5,315
Dolní Tošanovice 396
Dolní Životice 1,049
Doubrava 1,164
Fryčovice 2,395
Frýdek-Místek 53,938
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí 9,923
Háj ve Slezsku 3,245
Hať 2,555
Havířov 69,694
Hlavnice 675
Hlubočec 576
Hlučín 13,421
Hněvošice 1,003
Hnojník 1,501
Holasovice 1,366
Horní Bludovice 2,591
Horní Domaslavice 1,053
Horní Lhota 858
Horní Suchá 4,366
Horní Tošanovice 706
Hrabyně 1,131
Hradec nad Moravicí 5,485
Hrádek 1,920
Hukvaldy 2,175
Chlebičov 1,177
Chotěbuz 1,395
Chuchelná 1,258
Chvalíkovice 696
Jablunkov 5,257
Jakartovice 1,080
Janovice 2,001
Jezdkovice 244
Jistebník 1,721
Kaňovice 363
Karviná 49,724
Kateřinice 691
Klimkovice 4,536
Kobeřice 3,204
Komorní Lhotka 1,498
Košařiska 354
Kozmice 1,921
Krásná 726
Kravaře 6,655
Krmelín 2,353
Krnov 22,716
Kružberk 233
Kyjovice 849
Lhotka 595
Lhotka u Litultovic 225
Litultovice 926
Lučina 1,595
Ludgeřovice 4,980
Malenovice 797
Markvartovice 2,204
Metylovice 1,799
Mikolajice 302
Milíkov 1,312
Mladecko 147
Mokré Lazce 1,165
Moravice 240
Morávka 1,413
Mošnov 758
Návsí 3,852
Neplachovice 1,061
Nižní Lhoty 294
Nošovice 1,013
Nové Lublice 178
Nové Sedlice 500
Nýdek 2,080
Olbramice 725
Oldřišov 1,500
Opava 55,600
Orlová 27,794
Ostrava 284,765
Třinec 34,266
Ostravice 2,529
Otice 1,497
Palkovice 3,518
Paskov 3,913
Pazderna 396
Petrovice u Karviné 4,945
Petřvald (Karviná District) 7,407
Petřvald (Nový Jičín District) 1,741
Písečná 1,067
Píšť 2,085
Pražmo 897
Pržno 1,101
Pstruží 1,075
Pustá Polom 1,349
Raduň 1,184
Raškovice 2,052
Ropice 1,747
Rychvald 7,783
Řeka 551
Řepiště 1,896
Sedliště 1,725
Skřipov 998
Slatina 767
Slavkov 2,126
Služovice 840
Smilovice 857
Soběšovice 956
Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí 2,974
Staré Město 1,518
Staříč 2,249
Stěbořice 1,452
Stonava 1,758
Střítež 1,074
Studénka 9,309
Sviadnov 2,226
Šenov 6,585
Šilheřovice 1,592
Štáblovice 720
Štěpánkovice 3,169
Štítina 1,292
Těrlicko 4,841
Těškovice 815
Tísek 985
Trnávka 752
Třanovice 1,083
Uhlířov 404
Úvalno 982
Václavovice 2,115
Velká Polom 2,146
Velké Albrechtice 1,176
Velké Heraltice 1,611
Velké Hoštice 1,830
Vělopolí 295
Vendryně 4,486
Vojkovice 784
Vratimov 7,360
Vršovice 523
Vřesina (Opava District) 1,694
Vřesina (Ostrava-City District) 2,831
Vyšní Lhoty 884
Závada 623
Zbyslavice 661
Žabeň 960
Žermanice 356
Total 970,189

References

  1. ^ "Population of municipalities of the Czech Republic, 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 17 May 2024.
  2. "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by metropolitan regions". ec.europa.eu.
  3. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "ESPON project 1.4.3. Study on Urban Functions" – Final report, March 2007, ISBN 2-9600467-2-2, p.37. The morphological urban area (MUA) has a population of 365,000 while the functional urban area (FUA) has a population of 983,000
  4. Urban Audit.org Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Redefining Global Cities". Brookings Institution.
  6. "Území Ostravské metropolitní oblasti (ITI) pro období 2021-2027". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
  8. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.



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