Town Hranice  - general information

Location:

The town of Hranice lies in the Moravian Gate Valley mainly o­n the right bank of the river Bečva, about 260 m above sea level. This part of Moravian Gate, which Hranice lies in, is called „Bečevská brána" (Bečva Gate). It is wedged between Odra hills and Podbeskydy hills (Maleník). Bečva Gate is a flat, hilly country with the elevation from 205 m to 366 m above sea level. Hranice belongs to the towns with a very interesting environment. The town was founded in the raised field country between the streams Ludina and Velička. This is also the fact, why the town dominates in all surroundings. Hranice is an important communicative point of junction. There is a main network of motorways and railways going from Přerov to Ostrava with an important branchline to Valašské Meziříčí, Beskydy, Vsetín and to Slovakia. The neighbourhood of Teplice nad Bečvou Spa is very important for public position of the town.

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Area:

Hranice covers an area of more than 52 km², including area of integrated villages.

Inhabitants:

According to the statistic data from 31.12. 2007, 19 415 inhabitants live in Hranice.

Individual parts of the town had these numbers of inhabitants

 

	1991	2001
Hranice I town	16 967	17 125
Hranice II Lhotka	76	77
Hranice III Velká	431	469
Hranice IV Drahotuše	1 473	1 408
Hranice V Rybáře	48	47
Hranice VI Valšovice	143	166
Hranice VII Slavíč	245	262
Hranice VIII Středolesí	56	48
Hranice IX Uhřínov	68	68
CELKEM Hranice	19 507	19 670

 

Natural conditions:

There are mead deposits of Tertiary origin along the river Bečva which are changing to the terraces formed by the gravel-like sands. South-eastern part of this area is formed by Paleozoical Devonian limestones. The area of wood-massif Maleník is formed by Paleozoical slates and partly by conglomerates.
Both banks of the river Bečva lie in the karst area called Karst of Hranice. Tectonic disturbances, atmospheric percipitation and thermal waters satured with carbon dioxide caused forming of this karst. Karst of Hranice has two remarkable natural works. Zbrašov Aragonite Caves, which were formed by so-called Teplice Karsting and Abbys of Hranice which was formed by falling down of the whole system of caves. The Abbys of Hranice is the deepest abbys in the Czech Republic. The definite depth is still a riddle. Its opened mouth goes down through the sheer limestone walls into the depth of -69.5 m to the greenish lake. In 1994 the remote controlled robot verified the depth of the flooded areas of next -205m. The Abbys of Hranice could reach (with regard to the power of its limestones) the depth of more than -800m.
Geological characteristic resulted in the fact, that as a raw-material base there are important deposits of high-quality limestones here. Nature reservation Hůrka, Velká Kobylanka, Malá Kobylanka, Nad Kostelíčkem can be found in the south part of the town.