Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic
Bělá (German: Bielau, Polish: Biała) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region.
History
The first written mention of Bělá is from 1349.[2]
During the World War II, the German occupiers operated the E116 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village.[3]
Demographics
Historical populationYear | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 336 | — |
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1880 | 339 | +0.9% |
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1890 | 366 | +8.0% |
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1900 | 448 | +22.4% |
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1910 | 406 | −9.4% |
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1921 | 448 | +10.3% |
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1930 | 476 | +6.2% |
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1950 | 504 | +5.9% |
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1961 | 707 | +40.3% |
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1970 | 745 | +5.4% |
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1980 | 768 | +3.1% |
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1991 | 724 | −5.7% |
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2001 | 705 | −2.6% |
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2011 | 661 | −6.2% |
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2021 | 646 | −2.3% |
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Source: Censuses[4][5] |
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