Bořanovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Bořanovice | |
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 Pivovarská street | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Bořanovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°10′42″N 14°28′44″E / 50.17833°N 14.47889°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Prague-East |
| First mentioned | 1227 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 249 m (817 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 950 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 250 65 |
| Website | www |
Administrative parts
editThe village of Pakoměřice is an administrative part of Bořanovice.
Etymology
editThe name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".[2]
Geography
editBořanovice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Prague. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau.
History
editThe first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
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The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.
Sights
editIn Pakoměřice is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 131–132.
- ^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Bořanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Zámek s kostelem" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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