Opava District () is a district in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Opava.
Opava District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Opava, HluÃÂÃÂn, Kravaà Âe and VÃÂtkov.
Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:
BÃÂlá - Bohuslavice - Bolatice - Branka u Opavy - Bratà ÂÃÂkovice - Bà Âezová - Brumovice - Budià ¡ov nad Budià ¡ovkou - Budià ¡ovice - ÃÂermná ve Slezsku - ChlebiÃÂov - Chuchelná - ChvalÃÂkovice - Darkovice - DÃÂhylov - Dobroslavice - DolnàBeneà ¡ov - DolnÃ à ½ivotice - Háj ve Slezsku - Haà ¥ - Hlavnice - HluboÃÂec - HluÃÂÃÂn - HnÃÂvoà ¡ice - Holasovice - Hrabynà- Hradec nad Moravicà- Jakartovice - Jezdkovice - Kobeà Âice - Kozmice - Kravaà Âe - Kruà ¾berk - Kyjovice - Lhotka u Litultovic - Litultovice - Ludgeà Âovice - Markvartovice - Melà- Mikolajice - Mladecko - Mokré Lazce - Moravice - Neplachovice - Nové Lublice - Nové Sedlice - Oldà Âià ¡ov - Opava - Otice - PÃÂà ¡à ¥ - Pustá Polom - Radkov - Raduà  - Rohov - à  ilheà Âovice - Skà Âipov - Slavkov - Sluà ¾ovice - Sosnová - à  táblovice - Staré TÃÂchanovice - StÃÂboà Âice - à  tÃÂpánkovice - à  tÃÂtina - Strahovice - Sudice - Svatoà Âovice - TÃÂà ¡kovice - Tà Âebom - UhlÃÂà Âov - Velké Heraltice - Velké Hoà ¡tice - VÃÂtà Âkovice - VÃÂtkov - Và Âesina - Vrà ¡ovice - Závada
Opava District borders Poland in the north. The territory is hilly, but the average altitude is low. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: NÃÂzký JesenÃÂk (west and south), Opava Hilly Land (east and north), and Ostrava Basin (a small part in the northeast). The highest point of the district is the hill ÃÂervená hora in Budià ¡ov nad Budià ¡ovkou with an elevation of . The lowest point of the district is the river bed of the Oder in à  ilheà Âovice at .
From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 28.0% of the district's area.
The entire district is drained by the Oder River, but this river appears in the territory only briefly. The most important rivers of the district are the Opava, which flows across the district from northwest to east, and the Moravice, which enters the district in the west and joins the Opava near the city of Opava. The largest body of water is Kruà ¾berk Reservoir, built on the Moravice.
There are no large-scale protected areas.
The largest employers with headquarters in Opava District and at least 500 employees are:
The D1 motorway from Ostrava to the Czech-Polish border briefly runs along the eastern district border; otherwise there are no motorway passing through the district. The most important road is the I/11 from Ostrava to Bruntál via Opava.
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:
The most visited tourist destinations are the Silesian Museum in Opava and Hradec nad MoravicÃÂ Castle.