Černousy
Černousy | |
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 Ves, a part of Černousy | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Černousy Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 51°0′16″N 15°3′2″E / 51.00444°N 15.05056°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Liberec |
| District | Liberec |
| First mentioned | 1385 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 312 |
| • Density | 36.4/km2 (94.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 463 73 |
| Website | www |
Černousy (German: Tschernhausen) is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative division
[edit]Černousy consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Černousy (160)
- Boleslav (75)
- Ves (77)
Etymology
[edit]It is believed that the name is of Slavic origin and may have originated from the word črnousi ('people with black beards').[3]
Geography
[edit]Černousy is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Liberec, in a salient region of Frýdlant Hook on the border with Poland. It lies in the Jizera Foothills. The highest point is the Štemberk hill at 340 m (1,120 ft) above sea level. The Smědá River flows through the municipality.
History
[edit]The first written mention of Černousy is from 1385.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
[edit]On the Czech-Polish border are two border crossings: the railway border crossing Frýdlant v Čechách / Zawidów and the road border crossing Černousy – Ves / Zawidów.
Černousy is the final station and starting point of the railway line Liberec–Černousy.[7]
Sights
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The most notable building is the Church of Saint Lawrence in Ves. It is a late Gothic church, which was first documented in 1346 and rebuilt in 1519.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 332–333.
- ↑ "O obci" (in Czech). Obec Černousy. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Station details Černousy". České dráhy. Retrieved 2026-06-08.
- ↑ "Ves – kostel sv. Vavřince" (in Czech). Fara Frýdlant. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
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