Popovice is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Popovice | |
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![]() Belfry in the centre of Popovice | |
Coordinates: 49°6′26″N 16°36′58″E / 49.10722°N 16.61611°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | South Moravian |
District | Brno-Country |
First mentioned | 1406 |
Area | |
• Total | 2.62 km2 (1.01 sq mi) |
Elevation | 189 m (620 ft) |
Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 366 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 664 61 |
Website | www |
Popovice lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Brno and 192 km (119 mi) south-east of Prague.
History
editThe first written mention of Popovice is from 1406.[2]
Demographics
editYear | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 194 | — |
1880 | 209 | +7.7% |
1890 | 205 | −1.9% |
1900 | 213 | +3.9% |
1910 | 209 | −1.9% |
1921 | 245 | +17.2% |
1930 | 267 | +9.0% |
1950 | 254 | −4.9% |
1961 | 252 | −0.8% |
1970 | 255 | +1.2% |
1980 | 235 | −7.8% |
1991 | 230 | −2.1% |
2001 | 247 | +7.4% |
2011 | 337 | +36.4% |
2021 | 361 | +7.1% |
Source: Censuses[3][4] |
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Popovice. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-venkov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
External links
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