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Bocanovice
( Polish: ) 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 bocian meaning stork in Polish).