Bílá Hlína

Coordinates: 50°31′57″N 14°55′31″E / 50.53250°N 14.92528°E / 50.53250; 14.92528
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Bílá Hlína
Fields in front of Bílá Hlína
Fields in front of Bílá Hlína
Bílá Hlína is located in Czech Republic
Bílá Hlína
Bílá Hlína
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°31′57″N 14°55′31″E / 50.53250°N 14.92528°E / 50.53250; 14.92528
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictMladá Boleslav
Founded1712
Area
 • Total8.57 km2 (3.31 sq mi)
Elevation
278 m (912 ft)
Population
 (2023-01-01)[1]
 • Total113
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
295 01
Websitewww.bilahlina.cz

Bílá Hlína is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Etymology[edit]

The name means "white clay" and is derived from the white clay soil where the village was founded.[2]

Geography[edit]

Bílá Hlína is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Mladá Boleslav and 55 km (34 mi) northeast of Prague. It lies in the Jizera Table. Most of the municipal territory is formed by the Klokočka deer park.

History[edit]

Bílá Hlína was founded in 1712 and belongs to the youngest villages in the region.[2]

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869250—    
1880249−0.4%
1890258+3.6%
1900244−5.4%
1910204−16.4%
YearPop.±%
1921218+6.9%
1930221+1.4%
1950150−32.1%
1961144−4.0%
1970149+3.5%
YearPop.±%
1980137−8.1%
1991100−27.0%
200199−1.0%
2011103+4.0%
2021120+16.5%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport[edit]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights[edit]

There are no cultural monuments in the municipality.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
  2. ^ a b "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Bílá Hlína. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Mladá Boleslav" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
  4. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  5. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, okres Mladá Boleslav". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-14.

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