Lažany (Liberec District)
Appearance
Lažany | |
---|---|
![]() Centre of Lažany | |
Coordinates: 50°36′3″N 15°6′35″E / 50.60083°N 15.10972°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Liberec |
District | Liberec |
First mentioned | 1397 |
Area | |
• Total | 2.09 km2 (0.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 286 m (938 ft) |
Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 246 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 463 45 |
Website | www |
Lažany (German: Laschan) is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Geography
[edit]Lažany is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Liberec. It lies in the Jičín Uplands. The highest point is at 331 m (1,086 ft) above sea level.
History
[edit]The first written mention of Lažany is from 1397.[2]
Demographics
[edit]
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Censuses[3][4] |
Economy
[edit]Lažany is an agricultural municipality. It is known for its cider mill and the production of fruit drinks.[2]
Transport
[edit]The D10 motorway runs along the southern municipal border of Lažany and then continues as the I/35 road along the eastern municipal border.
Sights
[edit]Lažany is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a sandstone crucifix from 1821.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ a b "Lažany" (in Czech). Obec Lažany. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Lažany". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lažany (Liberec District).