Bocanovice

Bocanovice Boconowice
Village
Railway station in the village
Flag Coat of arms
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°33′52″N 18°43′40″E / 49.56444°N 18.72778°E / 49.56444; 18.72778Coordinates: 49°33′52″N 18°43′40″E / 49.56444°N 18.72778°E / 49.56444; 18.72778
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Frýdek-Místek
First mentioned	1621
Government
• Mayor	Ing. Martin Paduch
Area
• Total	3.77 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	445
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Postal code	739 91
Website	www.bocanovice.cz

 Bocanovice  (Polish: Boconowice ) is a village in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has 428 inhabitants (2001 census), 30.9% of the population are ethnic Poles and 80.8% are Roman Catholics.

It is situated on the foothills of the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Lomná River flows through the village.

The name is patronymic in origin derived from personal name (or nickname) Bocon (similar to the word meaning stork in Polish).

The village was first mentioned in 1621 as Boczanowicze. It belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia and a part of the Habsburg Monarchy.

After Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a modern municipal division was introduced in the re-established Austrian Silesia. The village as a municipality was subscribed to the political district of Cieszyn and the legal district of Jablunkov. According to the censuses conducted in 1880, 1890, 1900 and 1910 the population of the municipality grew from 282 in 1880 to 330 in 1910 with the majority being native Polish-speakers (between 96.6% and 99.1%) accompanied by few German-speaking (at most 9 or 3.1% in 1890) and Czech-speaking people (at most 2 or 0.6% in 1900). In terms of religion in 1910 the majority were Roman Catholics (80.3%), followed by Protestants (19.7%). The village was also traditionally inhabited by Cieszyn Vlachs, speaking Cieszyn Silesian dialect.