Plchovice
Plchovice | |
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| Coordinates: 50°2′42″N 16°10′53″E / 50.04500°N 16.18139°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| First mentioned | 1342 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Population (2026-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 73 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 565 01 |
| Website | www |
Plchovice (German: Pilchowitz) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Plchovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Plchovice (48)
- Smetana (18)
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Plch, meaning "the village of Plch's people".[3]
Geography
Choceň is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Ústí nad Orlicí and 28 km (17 mi) east of Pardubice. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Orlice Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Tichá Orlice River.
History
The first written mention of Plchovice is from 1342. It was founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Among the most notable owners of the village were Henry the Elder of Münsterberg and Vilém II of Pernštejn.[4]
The village of Smetana was founded at the beginning of the 18th century. It was first mentioned in 1732. It has been a part of Plchovice since 1850, when the independent municipality of Plchovice was established.[4]
Demographics
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Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
A technical monument is the underground water channel, which runs under the western part of the village. It was built by Count František Kinsky in 1853 to bring water to fields near Plchovice. After the completion of the channel, the fields were rented to Plchovice's farmers. The water in the channel comes from the Tichá Orlice River and nearby Jordán Stream. The channel is 3.1 m (10 ft) wide and 1.3 m (4.3 ft) high and the length counts 145 m (476 ft).[7]
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 (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in čeština). p. 378.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Historie obce" (in čeština). Obec Plchovice. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Vodní kanál zavodňovací" (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
External links
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- CS1 čeština-language sources (cs)
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- Villages in Ústí nad Orlicí District