Ejpovice is a municipality and village in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Ejpovice | |
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 Main street | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Ejpovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°44′46″N 13°30′52″E / 49.74611°N 13.51444°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Plzeň |
| District | Rokycany |
| First mentioned | 1331 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 347 m (1,138 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 799 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 337 01 |
| Website | www |
Ejpovice lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Rokycany, 11 km (7 mi) east of Plzeň, and 76 km (47 mi) south-west of Prague.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 620 | — |
| 1880 | 659 | +6.3% |
| 1890 | 699 | +6.1% |
| 1900 | 657 | −6.0% |
| 1910 | 736 | +12.0% |
| 1921 | 765 | +3.9% |
| 1930 | 910 | +19.0% |
| 1950 | 843 | −7.4% |
| 1961 | 709 | −15.9% |
| 1970 | 568 | −19.9% |
| 1980 | 533 | −6.2% |
| 1991 | 520 | −2.4% |
| 2001 | 497 | −4.4% |
| 2011 | 642 | +29.2% |
| 2021 | 748 | +16.5% |
| Source: Censuses[2][3] | ||
Transport
editEjpovice is located on the railway lines Klatovy–Beroun, Plzeň–Radnice and Přeštice–Hořovice.[4] The Ejpovice Tunnel goes under the Chlum hill. The tunnel is 4,150 m (13,620 ft) long and it is the longest railway tunnel in the Czech Republic.
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.
- ^ "Detail stanice Ejpovice" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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