Heřmanovice (German: Hermannstadt) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Heřmanovice | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Centre of Heřmanovice | |
  Heřmanovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°11′36″N 17°23′52″E / 50.19333°N 17.39778°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian |
| District | Bruntál |
| First mentioned | 1339 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.79 km2 (16.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 615 m (2,018 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 344 |
| • Density | 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 793 74 |
| Website | www |
History
editThe first written mention of Heřmanovice is from 1339.[2]
From 1938 to 1945, the municipality was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. After World War II, most of the German population was expelled and the village depopulated.[2]
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 2,768 | — |
| 1880 | 2,663 | −3.8% |
| 1890 | 2,390 | −10.3% |
| 1900 | 2,393 | +0.1% |
| 1910 | 2,266 | −5.3% |
| 1921 | 2,101 | −7.3% |
| 1930 | 2,187 | +4.1% |
| 1950 | 415 | −81.0% |
| 1961 | 601 | +44.8% |
| 1970 | 566 | −5.8% |
| 1980 | 521 | −8.0% |
| 1991 | 440 | −15.5% |
| 2001 | 411 | −6.6% |
| 2011 | 351 | −14.6% |
| 2021 | 286 | −18.5% |
| Source: Censuses[3][4] | ||
References
edit- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Heřmanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ^ "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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