Bořanovice

Bořanovice
Bořanovice
Municipality
	Pivovarská street
	Flag Coat of arms
	Bořanovice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°10′42″N 14°28′44″E / 50.17833°N 14.47889°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-East
First mentioned	1227
Area
• Total	5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Elevation	249 m (817 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	950
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	250 65
Website	www.boranovice.cz

Bořanovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Pakoměřice is an administrative part of Bořanovice.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".^[2]

Geography

Bořanovice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Prague. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau.

History

The first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	367	—
1880	491	+33.8%
1890	509	+3.7%
1900	486	−4.5%
1910	508	+4.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	485	−4.5%
1930	565	+16.5%
1950	514	−9.0%
1961	579	+12.6%
1970	511	−11.7%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	532	+4.1%
1991	410	−22.9%
2001	466	+13.7%
2011	820	+76.0%
2021	1,114	+35.9%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.

Sights

In Pakoměřice is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.^[6]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 131–132.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Bořanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
^ "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.
^ "Zámek s kostelem" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 131–132.

[3] "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Bořanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

[4] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[5] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[6] "Zámek s kostelem" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

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