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{{Short description|City in the Czech Republic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2008}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Olomouc | other_name = | settlement_type = [[Statutory city (Czech Republic)|Statutory city]] <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Horní náměstí Olomouc, letecká fotografie 1.jpg | image_caption = Horní Square, the historic city centre (left: [[Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc|Holy Trinity Column]]; middle: Olomouc City Hall) | image_flag = Flag of Olomouc.svg | image_shield = Coat of arms of Olomouc, city in the Czech Republic.svg | image_blank_emblem = Logo olomouc.svg | blank_emblem_type = [[Wordmark]] <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Olomouc Region|Olomouc]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Olomouc District|Olomouc]] <!-- 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|35|38|N|17|15|3|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Miroslav Žbánek | leader_party = [[ANO (political party)|ANO]] <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1017 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 103.33 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 219 <!-- 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 = 103063 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]] | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 779 00 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.olomouc.eu/}} | footnotes = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | Official_name = Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc | Criteria = i, iv | ID = 859 | Year = 2000 | child = yes }} }} '''Olomouc''' ({{IPA|cs|ˈolomouts|lang|Cs Olomouc.ogg}}; {{langx|de|Olmütz}}) is a city in the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the [[Statutory city (Czech Republic)|sixth largest city in the country]]. It is the administrative centre of the [[Olomouc Region]]. Located on the [[Morava (river)|Morava]] River, the city is the ecclesiastical metropolis and was a historical co-capital city of [[Moravia]], before having been occupied by the [[Military of the Swedish Empire|Swedish army]] during the [[Thirty Years' War]]. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as [[Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations|urban monument reservation]]. The [[Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc|Holy Trinity Column]] was listed as a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] in 2000 for its quintessential [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] style and symbolic value.<ref>{{cite web |title=Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc|url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/859|website=whc.unesco.org|publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization|access-date=2021-06-06}}</ref>
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