Biskupice (Svitavy District)
Appearance
Biskupice | |
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![]() Centre of Biskupice | |
Coordinates: 49°38′51″N 16°45′29″E / 49.64750°N 16.75806°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Pardubice |
District | Svitavy |
First mentioned | 1262 |
Area | |
• Total | 11.09 km2 (4.28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 352 m (1,155 ft) |
Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 469 |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 569 43 |
Website | biskupice |
Biskupice (German: Biskupitz) is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Biskupice lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Svitavy, 83 km (52 mi) south-east of Pardubice, and 175 km (109 mi) east of Prague.
Administrative parts
[edit]The village of Zálesí is an administrative part of Biskupice.
Demographics
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1869 | 898 | — |
1880 | 913 | +1.7% |
1890 | 861 | −5.7% |
1900 | 774 | −10.1% |
1910 | 822 | +6.2% |
1921 | 775 | −5.7% |
1930 | 749 | −3.4% |
1950 | 580 | −22.6% |
1961 | 606 | +4.5% |
1970 | 631 | +4.1% |
1980 | 558 | −11.6% |
1991 | 464 | −16.8% |
2001 | 442 | −4.7% |
2011 | 431 | −2.5% |
2021 | 470 | +9.0% |
Source: Censuses[2][3] |
Notable people
[edit]- Princess Eulalia of Thurn and Taxis (1908–1993), princess
References
[edit]- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Svitavy" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
External links
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