Bořanovice

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Bořanovice
Municipality
Pivovarská street
Pivovarská street
Flag of Bořanovice
Flag
Coat of arms of Bořanovice
Coat of arms
Bořanovice is located in Czech Republic
Bořanovice
Bořanovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°10′42″N 14°28′44″E / 50.17833°N 14.47889°E / 50.17833; 14.47889
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictPrague-East
First mentioned1227
Area
 • Total
5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Elevation
249 m (817 ft)
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total
950
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
250 65
Websitewww.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 division

Bořanovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

  • Bořanovice (553)
  • Pakoměřice (561)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".[3]

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.[4]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869367—    
1880491+33.8%
1890509+3.7%
1900486−4.5%
1910508+4.5%
YearPop.±%
1921485−4.5%
1930565+16.5%
1950514−9.0%
1961579+12.6%
1970511−11.7%
YearPop.±%
1980532+4.1%
1991410−22.9%
2001466+13.7%
2011820+76.0%
20211,114+35.9%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

Former brewery

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.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
  3. ^ Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 131–132.
  4. ^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Bořanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  5. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  6. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  7. ^ "Zámek s kostelem" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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