Loket (Benešov District)
Loket | |
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| Coordinates: 49°39′20″N 15°7′0″E / 49.65556°N 15.11667°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Benešov |
| First mentioned | 1352 |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.88 km2 (9.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 624 |
| • Density | 26.1/km2 (67.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 257 65, 257 68 |
| Website | www |
Loket is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Loket consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Loket (164)
- Alberovice (75)
- Bezděkov (35)
- Brzotice (117)
- Kačerov (23)
- Němčice (61)
- Radíkovice (22)
- Všebořice (98)
Bezděkov, Radíkovice and Všebořice form an exclave of the municipal territory.
Etymology
The word loket means 'elbow' in Czech. The name referred to a bend in the road that passed through the area, in which the village was founded.[3]
Geography
Loket is located about 34 kilometres (21 mi) southeast of Benešov and 61 km (38 mi) southeast of Prague. It lies in the Křemešník Highlands. The highest point is a hill at 534 m (1,752 ft) above sea level. The village of Němčice is situated on the shore of the Němčice Reservoir. The exclave of the municipality is situated on the shore of the Švihov Reservoir.
History
The first written mention of Loket is from 1352.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno passes through the municipality.
Sights
The most important monument of the municipality is the Church of Saint Giles in Všebořice. The core of the building probably dates from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Next to the church is a separate wooden bell tower from the beginning of the 16th century.[7]
The main historical landmark of the village of Loket is a chapel dating from 1911.[4]
Notable people
- Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900), composer
References
- ↑ "Population in municipalities as at 1. 1". DataStat. Czech Statistical Office. 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). p. 655.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Loket" (in čeština). Obec Loket. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ↑ "Kostel sv. Jiljí" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
