Buk is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Buk | |
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,_2020_(01).jpg) Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Buk Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°2′17″N 13°50′43″E / 49.03806°N 13.84528°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | South Bohemian |
| District | Prachatice |
| First mentioned | 1299 |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.79 km2 (9.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 826 m (2,710 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 309 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 383 01 |
| Website | www |
Buk lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Prachatice, 47 km (29 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 124 km (77 mi) south of Prague.
Administrative parts
editThe villages of Včelná pod Boubínem and Vyšovatka are administrative parts of Buk.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 677 | — |
| 1880 | 811 | +19.8% |
| 1890 | 787 | −3.0% |
| 1900 | 749 | −4.8% |
| 1910 | 733 | −2.1% |
| 1921 | 709 | −3.3% |
| 1930 | 679 | −4.2% |
| 1950 | 372 | −45.2% |
| 1961 | 378 | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 303 | −19.8% |
| 1980 | 263 | −13.2% |
| 1991 | 302 | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 284 | −6.0% |
| 2011 | 259 | −8.8% |
| 2021 | 296 | +14.3% |
| Source: Censuses[2][3] | ||
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "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.
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