Hodonín District

Hodonín District (Czech: okres Hodonín) is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Hodonín.

Hodonín District Okres Hodonín
District
Location in the South Moravian Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°57′N 17°11′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
Capital	Hodonín
Area [1]
• Total	1,099.00 km2 (424.33 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	151,614
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	82
* Towns	8
* Market towns	0

Administrative division

Hodonín District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Hodonín, Kyjov and Veselí nad Moravou.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold:

Archlebov - Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem - Blatnička - Bukovany - Bzenec - Čejč - Čejkovice - Čeložnice - Dambořice - Dolní Bojanovice - Domanín - Dražůvky - Dubňany - Hodonín - Hovorany - Hroznová Lhota - Hrubá Vrbka - Hýsly - Javorník - Ježov - Josefov - Karlín - Kelčany - Kněždub - Kostelec - Kozojídky - Kuželov - Kyjov - Labuty - Lipov - Louka - Lovčice - Lužice - Malá Vrbka - Mikulčice - Milotice - Mouchnice - Moravany - Moravský Písek - Mutěnice - Násedlovice - Nechvalín - Nenkovice - Nová Lhota - Nový Poddvorov - Ostrovánky - Petrov - Prušánky - Radějov - Ratíškovice - Rohatec - Šardice - Skalka - Skoronice - Sobůlky - Starý Poddvorov - Stavěšice - Strážnice - Strážovice - Sudoměřice - Suchov - Svatobořice-Mistřín - Syrovín - Tasov - Těmice - Terezín - Tvarožná Lhota - Uhřice - Vacenovice - Velká nad Veličkou - Veselí nad Moravou - Věteřov - Vlkoš - Vnorovy - Vracov - Vřesovice - Žádovice - Žarošice - Ždánice - Želetice - Žeravice - Žeraviny

Geography

Veselí nad Moravou and surrounding landscape

Hodonín District borders Slovakia in the south. The terrain is very varied. A large part consists of the lowland, which belongs to the warmest and driest areas in the country. The north and southeast of the territory is hilly. The territory extends into seven geomorphological mesoregions: Lower Morava Valley (southwest and centre), Kyjov Hills (a strip from west to east), Ždánice Forest (northwest), Chřiby (small part in the northeast), Vizovice Highlands (east), White Carpathians (southeast), and Chvojnice Hills (a negligible area along the Czech-Slovak border). The highest point of the district is a contour line on the slopes of the mountain Durda in Nová Lhota with an elevation of 838 m (2,749 ft). The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Morava in Mikulčice at 158 m (518 ft).

From the total district area of 1,099.0 km² (424.3 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 684.7 km² (264.4 sq mi), forests occupy 278.7 km² (107.6 sq mi), and water area occupies 22.2 km² (8.6 sq mi). Forests cover 25.4% of the district's area.^[1]

The main river of the district is the Morava, which flows across the district from east to southwest and partly forms the Czech-Slovak border. Its most important tributaries in the district are the Kyjovka and Velička. The Myjava River originates here, but immediately leaves the territory of the country.

Overall, the territory of the district is poor in bodies of water, but there is a numerous system of fishponds on the Kyjovka River. The largest of the ponds is Jarohněvický rybník with an area of 88.9 ha (220 acres).^[3]

Bílé Karpaty is a protected landscape area that extends into the district in the southeast.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 94,276 —     1880 103,975 +10.3% 1890 110,046 +5.8% 1900 118,756 +7.9% 1910 128,593 +8.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 131,166 +2.0% 1930 133,051 +1.4% 1950 129,448 −2.7% 1961 149,907 +15.8% 1970 155,063 +3.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 162,659 +4.9% 1991 161,474 −0.7% 2001 160,237 −0.8% 2011 153,225 −4.4% 2021 147,773 −3.6%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population[2]	Area (km2)
Hodonín	23,657	63
Kyjov	10,799	30
Veselí nad Moravou	10,623	35
Dubňany	6,234	23
Strážnice	5,361	31
Bzenec	4,584	40
Vracov	4,502	44
Ratíškovice	3,964	13
Mutěnice	3,770	32
Svatobořice-Mistřín	3,528	23

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Hodonín District and at least 500 employees are:^[6]

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Kyjov Hospital	Kyjov	1,500–1,999	Health care
Delimax	Hodonín	500–999	Food industry
TGM Hospital Hodonín	Hodonín	500–999	Health care
Jednota, spotřební družstvo v Hodoníně	Hodonín	500–999	Retail sale
Vetropack Moravia Glass	Kyjov	500–999	Manufacture of hollow glass
The Candy Plus Sweet Factory	Rohatec	500–999	Food industry

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important roads are the I/54 and I/55 roads.

Sights

Milotice Castle

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[7]

• Slavic gord of Mikulčice-Valy
• Milotice Castle
• Windmill in Kuželov
• Belfry in Louka
• Kyjov Town Hall

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:^[8]

• Blatnice pod Svatým Antonínkem-Stará Hora (monument reservation)
• Petrov-Plže (monument reservation)
• Kyjov
• Strážnice
• Veselí nad Moravou
• Vápenky
• Javorník-Kopánky

The most visited tourist destination is the Hodonín Zoo.^[9]

Notable people

Main category: People from Hodonín District