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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Melč
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = [[Obec|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Melč, autobusové nádraží.jpg
| image_caption           = Centre of Melč
| image_flag              = Melč_flag.jpg
| image_shield            = Melč_CoA.jpg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Moravian-Silesian Region|Moravian-Silesian]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Opava District|Opava]]
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| image_map               =
| map_caption             =
| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates             = {{coord|49|51|0|N|17|45|28|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
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| leader_title            =
| leader_name             =
<!-- established -->
| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1377
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| area_footnotes          =
| area_total_km2          = 14.02
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| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 471
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| population_as_of        = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| population_total        = 677
| 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
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 747 84
| area_code_type          =
| area_code               =
<!-- website, footnotes -->
| website                 = {{URL|https://www.obecmelc.cz/}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Melč''' ({{langx|de|Meltsch}}) is a municipality and village in [[Opava District]] in the [[Moravian-Silesian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 700 inhabitants.
==History==
The first written mention of Melč is from 1377.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.obecmelc.cz/o-obci/informace-o-obci/historie/|publisher=Obec Melč|language=cs|access-date=2022-03-02}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=1
|1869|1035
|1880|1104
|1890|1020
|1900|997
|1910|909
|1921|845
|1930|889
|1950|643
|1961|774
|1970|762
|1980|680
|1991|645
|2001|618
|2011|648
|2021|652
|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>}}
==Notable people==
*[[William Markowitz]] (1907–1998), American astronomer
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Melč, pohled.jpg|General view
Melč, zámek.jpg|Melč Castle, now a children's home
Kostel_sv.Antonína_Paduánského-01.jpg|Church of Saint Anthony of Padua
</gallery>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category|Melč}}
*{{official|https://www.obecmelc.cz/}}
{{Opava District}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Melc}}
[[Category:Villages in Opava District]]
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