Small industrial towns in Moravia: a comparison of the production and post-productive eras

Figures & data

Figure 1. The map of the historical territory of Moravia with small towns.

Figure 2. Many of the contemporary industrial plants have their historical forerunners: the historic ironworks in Josef Valley (now a museum in Adamov).

Table 1. Types of small Moravian towns according to the size and structure of companies.

Characterstics	Number of towns
One leading company with more than 2,000 employee	8
Two important companies with more than 1,000 employee each	5
One large company with more than 1,000 employee completed with a set of medium companies with 200–1,000 employee	16
One or two medium company and a set of small companies	19
Diversified structure of SMEs	9
None company with more than 200 employee	3

Figure 3. Moravian Electric Works in Brumov-Bylnice belongs to factories that disappeared from small towns after the end of socialism.

Figure 4. Food-processing company Hamé belongs to new firms in small towns – here is the branch in Bzenec.

Figure 5. Industrial zone in Šlapanice.

Table 2. Numbers of cities by level of industrial employment (2011), by population of cities (2011) and by distance from regional centres Source: Population census 2011. Praha: Czech Statistical Office. Distances according to mapy.cz. Own elaboration.

Category	Industrial employment [%]
	over 43	37-42.9	32-36.9	less than 32
4,000–5,999 inhabitants	8	8	3	5
6,000–7,999 inhabitants	2	5	3	3
8,000–9,999 inhabitants	2	3	2	3
10,000 and more inhabitants	1	6	2	3
suburban	3	5	3	4
intermediate	3	11	5	1
peripheral	3	5	3	2
extreme peripheral	3	6	0	1

Figure 6. Jewish town in Boskovice.