Hradec nad Svitavou (German: Greifendorf) is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.
Hradec nad Svitavou | |
|---|---|
 Church of Saint Catherine | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Hradec nad Svitavou Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°42′41″N 16°28′50″E / 49.71139°N 16.48056°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Svitavy |
| First mentioned | 1270 |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.71 km2 (9.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,687 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 569 01 |
| Website | www |
Hradec nad Svitavou lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) south of Svitavy, 63 km (39 mi) south-east of Pardubice, and 154 km (96 mi) east of Prague.
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 2,466 | — |
| 1880 | 2,539 | +3.0% |
| 1890 | 2,666 | +5.0% |
| 1900 | 2,793 | +4.8% |
| 1910 | 2,805 | +0.4% |
| 1921 | 2,549 | −9.1% |
| 1930 | 2,799 | +9.8% |
| 1950 | 1,826 | −34.8% |
| 1961 | 1,979 | +8.4% |
| 1970 | 1,804 | −8.8% |
| 1980 | 1,745 | −3.3% |
| 1991 | 1,622 | −7.0% |
| 2001 | 1,641 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,664 | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,611 | −3.2% |
| Source: Censuses[2][3] | ||
Notable people
edit- Engelmar Unzeitig (1911–1945), German priest
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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