Petrovice (Ústí nad Labem District)
Petrovice | |
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_2006-03-24.jpg) Centre with the municipal office | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Petrovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°47′21″N 13°58′35″E / 50.78917°N 13.97639°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Ústí nad Labem |
| District | Ústí nad Labem |
| First mentioned | 1352 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.17 km2 (19.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 530 m (1,740 ft) |
| Population (2023-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 896 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 403 37 |
| Website | www |
Petrovice (German: Peterswald) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Petrovice lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Ústí nad Labem and 84 km (52 mi) north of Prague.
Administrative parts[edit]
The village of Krásný Les is an administrative part of Petrovice.
History[edit]
On 15 April 1759, the Battle of Peterswalde of the Seven Years' War took place here.
Demographics[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 5,572 | — |
| 1880 | 5,549 | −0.4% |
| 1890 | 5,133 | −7.5% |
| 1900 | 4,857 | −5.4% |
| 1910 | 5,226 | +7.6% |
| 1921 | 4,633 | −11.3% |
| 1930 | 4,439 | −4.2% |
| 1950 | 834 | −81.2% |
| 1961 | 754 | −9.6% |
| 1970 | 773 | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 698 | −9.7% |
| 1991 | 596 | −14.6% |
| 2001 | 622 | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 832 | +33.8% |
| 2021 | 879 | +5.6% |
| Source: Censuses[2][3] | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Ústí nad Labem" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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