{{For|the river|Ostravice (river)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ostravice | other_name = | settlement_type = Municipality <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Ostravice, pohled z Medvědí skály, detail.jpg | image_caption = General view | image_flag = Ostravice (CZE) - flag.gif | image_shield = Ostravice (CZE) - coat of arms.png <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Moravian-Silesian | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Frýdek-Místek <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|49|32|23|N|18|23|29|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = | leader_name = <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1581 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 27.71 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 415 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 2556 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 739 14 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.obec-ostravice.cz/}} | footnotes = }} '''Ostravice''' ({{langx|de|Ostrawitz}}, {{langx|pl|Ostrawica}}) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants.
==Geography== Ostravice is located about {{convert|15|km|0}} south of Frýdek-Místek and {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} south of Ostrava. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. The highest point is next to the top of Lysá hora at {{convert|1322|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The municipality is situated in the valley of the Ostravice River.
==History== The first written mention of Ostravice is from 1581, when it was part of the Hukvaldy estate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vznik obce – Pasekářská kolonizace (15. - 18. století)|url=https://www.obec-ostravice.cz/obec-ostravice/o-obci/o-obci/vznik-obce-pasekarska-kolonizace-15-18-stoleti-131cs.html|publisher=Obec Ostravice|language=cs|access-date=2022-02-11}}</ref>
In 1951, the territory of Ostravice and neighbouring Staré Hamry was newly divided.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie obce|url=https://www.stare-hamry.cz/detail-textu.php?id=367|publisher=Obec Staré Hamry|language=cs|access-date=2022-02-11}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|1805 |1880|2050 |1890|2077 |1900|1974 |1910|2250 |1921|2145 |1930|2154 |1950|2236 |1961|2359 |1970|2438 |1980|2508 |1991|2413 |2001|2308 |2011|2307 |2021|2488 |source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Economy== Ostravice serves year-round as a tourist resort.<ref>{{cite web |title=O obci|url=https://www.obec-ostravice.cz/obec-ostravice/o-obci/|publisher=Obec Ostravice|language=cs|access-date=2022-02-11}}</ref>
==Transport== The I/56 road (which connects Frýdek-Místek with the I/35 road near the Czech-Slovak border) passes through the municipality.
Ostravice is the terminus and starting point of a short local railway line to Frýdlant nad Ostravicí. The municipality is served by two train stations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Ostravice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/ostravice/5434464|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-05-02}}</ref>
==Sights== The main landmark of Ostravice is the Church of the Holy Trinity. It is a simple rural church, built in the Neoclassical style in 1788–1789.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel Nejsvětější Trojice|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-nejsvetejsi-trojice-12969060|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-05-02}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Ostravice (Frýdek-Místek District)|Ostravice}} *{{official|https://www.obec-ostravice.cz/}}
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