Ludgeřovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most populous Czech municipalities without the town status. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.
Geography Ludgeřovice is located about east of Opava. It is urbanistically merged with the Petřkovice part of the city of Ostrava in the south and with Markvartovice in the north. It lies mostly in the Opava Hilly Land. The southern forested part of the municipal territory lies in the Nízký Jeseník range and includes the highest point of Ludgeřovice at above sea level.
History The first written mention of Ludgeřovice is from 1303.
Demographics
Transport The I/56 road from Ostrava to Opava runs through the municipality.
Sights The main landmark of Ludgeřovice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was built in 1906–1907.
Notable people Vladimír Coufal (born 1992), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Ludgeřovice is twinned with: Putnok, Hungary Tisovec, Slovakia
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