Česká Ves is a village and municipality (obec

Obec

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) in Jeseník District

Jeseník District

Jeseník District is a district in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. Its seat is the town Jeseník.The area called Jeseníky region is in the most northern bulge of Silesia and Moravia. It is closed by frontier with Poland that passes westward through Rychleby Hills and crosses the Nysa...

 in the Olomouc Region

Olomouc Region

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 of the Czech Republic.

The municipality covers an area of 24.51 square kilometres (9.5 sq mi), and has a population of 2,566 (as at 3 July 2006).

Česká Ves lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north of Jeseník

Jeseník

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, 74 km (46 mi) north of Olomouc

Olomouc

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, and 200 km (124 mi) east of Prague

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. It is about 13 km (8 mi) from the border with Poland

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.

The river Bělá

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 flows through Česká Ves, and during the nationwide floods in 1997, the river rose up to 6 meters and half of the village was destroyed, including part of the main street, but it has now all been reconstructed.

Česká Ves lies in a small valley, surrounded by forest and hills, the highest of which is Praděd

Praded

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 (1,492 m).

According to the Austrian

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 census of 1910 the village had 2,434 inhabitants, 2,419 of whom had permanent residence there. Census asked people for their native language, 2,419 (100%) were German-speaking. The most populous religious group were Roman Catholics with 2,417 (99.3%).