Jesenice (Prague-West District)

Jesenice
Jesenice
Town
	Centre of Jesenice
	Flag Coat of arms
	Jesenice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°58′6″N 14°30′49″E / 49.96833°N 14.51361°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-West
First mentioned	1088
Government
• Mayor	Pavel Smutný
Area
• Total	17.54 km2 (6.77 sq mi)
Elevation	358 m (1,175 ft)
Population (2020-01-01)
• Total	9,682
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	252 42
Website	www.mujesenice.cz

Jesenice is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,700 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

Villages of Horní Jirčany, Osnice and Zdiměřice are administrative parts of Jesenice.

The first written mention of Jesenice is from 1088.^[2]

In 2015 the municipality was promoted to a town and lost the title of the largest village in the Czech Republic.^[3]

As of census in 2011, the municipality had 7,628 inhabitants.^[4] It belongs to the fastest growing municipalities in the Czech Republic.

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
^ "Historie města" (in Czech). Město Jesenice. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
^ "Největší obec v Česku už není vesnicí. Z Jesenice se stalo město" (in Czech). iDnes.cz. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
^ "Public database: Census 2011". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2020-11-13.

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