Želešice is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.
Želešice | |
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Coordinates: 49°7′0″N 16°34′53″E / 49.11667°N 16.58139°E | |
Country | Czech Republic |
Region | South Moravian |
District | Brno-Country |
First mentioned | 1228 |
Area | |
• Total | 9.97 km2 (3.85 sq mi) |
Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,945 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 664 43 |
Website | www |
Želešice lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Brno and 190 km (120 mi) south-east of Prague.
Demographics
editYear | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 952 | — |
1880 | 981 | +3.0% |
1890 | 986 | +0.5% |
1900 | 987 | +0.1% |
1910 | 1,031 | +4.5% |
1921 | 1,076 | +4.4% |
1930 | 1,115 | +3.6% |
1950 | 1,117 | +0.2% |
1961 | 1,136 | +1.7% |
1970 | 1,175 | +3.4% |
1980 | 1,200 | +2.1% |
1991 | 1,171 | −2.4% |
2001 | 1,175 | +0.3% |
2011 | 1,549 | +31.8% |
2021 | 1,803 | +16.4% |
Source: Censuses[2][3] |
Notable people
edit- Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy (1651–1710), Polish-Saxon military leader
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.
External links
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