Babice (Prachatice District)
Babice | |
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Centre of Babice | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Babice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°1′29″N 14°14′15″E / 49.02472°N 14.23750°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | South Bohemian |
| District | Prachatice |
| First mentioned | 1259 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.80 km2 (2.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 447 m (1,467 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 160 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 384 11 |
| Website | www |
Babice (German: Bowitz) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.
Babice lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Prachatice, 20 km (12 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 119 km (74 mi) south of Prague.
Administrative division
Babice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Babice (103)
- Zvěřetice (31)
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 295 | — |
| 1880 | 316 | +7.1% |
| 1890 | 269 | −14.9% |
| 1900 | 253 | −5.9% |
| 1910 | 271 | +7.1% |
| 1921 | 276 | +1.8% |
| 1930 | 254 | −8.0% |
| 1950 | 160 | −37.0% |
| 1961 | 143 | −10.6% |
| 1970 | 117 | −18.2% |
| 1980 | 65 | −44.4% |
| 1991 | 62 | −4.6% |
| 2001 | 78 | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 88 | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 134 | +52.3% |
| Source: Censuses[3][4] | ||
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ^ "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.
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