Štíty

Štíty
Town
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Country Czech Republic
Region Olomouc
District Šumperk
Commune Zábřeh
Elevation 443 m (1,453 ft)
Coordinates
Area 29.93 km2 (11.56 sq mi)
Population 2,049 (2006-10-02)
Density 68 / km2 (176 / sq mi)
First mentioned 1278
Mayor Jiří Vogel
Timezone CET (UTC+1)
 - summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 789 91
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Štíty
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.stity.cz

Štíty (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃciːtɪ]; until 1949 Šilperk German: Schildberg) is a small town in the Olomouc Region of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It has around 2,000 inhabitants.

Villages Březná, Crhov and Heroltice are administrative parts of Štíty.

There was a National Language Centre here (until 1990) for teaching Czech language to the international students (mostly from Vietnam and Africa).

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