Popice, Czech Republic
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  Popice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 48°55′38″N 16°40′0″E / 48.92722°N 16.66667°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | South Moravian |
| District | Břeclav |
| First mentioned | 1291 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.99 km2 (3.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 993 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 691 27 |
| Website | www |
Popice is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Popice lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of Břeclav, 31 km (19 mi) south of Brno, and 208 km (129 mi) south-east of Prague.
History
[edit]The first written mention of Popice is from 1291, when the village was sold to the convent in Dolní Kounice.[2]
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 1,361 | — |
| 1880 | 1,421 | +4.4% |
| 1890 | 1,478 | +4.0% |
| 1900 | 1,359 | −8.1% |
| 1910 | 1,366 | +0.5% |
| 1921 | 1,369 | +0.2% |
| 1930 | 1,376 | +0.5% |
| 1950 | 979 | −28.9% |
| 1961 | 983 | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 952 | −3.2% |
| 1980 | 947 | −0.5% |
| 1991 | 952 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 962 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 974 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 973 | −0.1% |
| Source: Censuses[3][4] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Popice. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "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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