| Helvíkovice | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.0922°N 16.4311°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1365 |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.74 |
| Elevation M: | 398 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 532 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 564 01 |
Helvíkovice (de|Helkowitz) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The hamlet of Houkov is an administrative part of Helvíkovice.[2]
The name is derived from the personal name Helvík, meaning "the village of Helvík's people".[3]
Helvíkovice is located about 13km (08miles) north of Ústí nad Orlicí and 46km (29miles) east of Pardubice. It lies in the Orlické Foothills. The highest point is the near the top of the hill Hůrka at 515m (1,690feet) above sea level. The Divoká Orlice river flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Helvíkovice is from 1365.[3] The village was founded in the second half of the 14th century.[4]
The I/11 road (the section from Hradec Králové to Šumperk) passes through the municipality.
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[5] The main landmark of Helvíkovice is the Chapel of Saint Anthony of Padua, dating from 1894.[4]