Bocanovice

Bocanovice () is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. The municipality has a significant Polish minority.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Bocanovice
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Boconowice 1249.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Railway station
Settlement.image_flag: Bocanovice flag.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Bocanovice CoA.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Moravian-Silesian
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Frýdek-Místek
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic

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Etymology
Geography
History
Demographics
Transport
Sights
References
External links

==Etymology== The name is derived from Polish word bocian (meaning 'stork'). The storks hunted frogs that lived abundantly in the wetlands that used to be here.