Opatovec
Introduction '''Opatovec''' () is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.
Geography Opatovec is located about  north of Svitavy and  southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The highest point is the hill Na Rozcestí at  above sea level. There are two major ponds in the municipality, Sychrovec and Pařez, supplied by the Mikulečský Stream.
History The first written mention of Opatovec is from 1347.In 1697, the municipality of Opatovec was created by merger of Opatovec with small hamlets of Košíře, Český Lačnov and Starý Valdek.
Transport Two first class roads passes through the municipality: the I/35 road (part of the European route E442, which replaces the unfinished section of the D35 motorway from Olomouc to the Hradec Králové Region, and the I/43 road from Svitavy to the Czech-Polish border.Opatovec lies on the railway line heading from Česká Třebová to Svitavy and Letovice.
Sights The Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus is the landmark of Opatovec. It was built in the Baroque style in 1850.In Košíře, there is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary from 1793.
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