Benešovice
Benešovice | |
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Chapel of the Virgin Mary | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Benešovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′37″N 12°54′6″E / 49.72694°N 12.90167°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Plzeň |
| District | Tachov |
| First mentioned | 1115 |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.17 km2 (6.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 492 m (1,614 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 255 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 349 01 |
| Website | www |
Benešovice is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Benešovice lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Tachov, 35 km (22 mi) west of Plzeň, and 117 km (73 mi) west of Prague.
Administrative division
Benešovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Benešovice (142)
- Lom u Stříbra (60)
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1869 | 594 | — |
| 1880 | 640 | +7.7% |
| 1890 | 663 | +3.6% |
| 1900 | 675 | +1.8% |
| 1910 | 682 | +1.0% |
| 1921 | 686 | +0.6% |
| 1930 | 675 | −1.6% |
| 1950 | 265 | −60.7% |
| 1961 | 260 | −1.9% |
| 1970 | 267 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 213 | −20.2% |
| 1991 | 180 | −15.5% |
| 2001 | 156 | −13.3% |
| 2011 | 183 | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 202 | +10.4% |
| 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.
External links
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