Malá Veleň
Malá Veleň | |
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A street in Malá Veleň | |
Malá Veleň Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°44′30″N 14°16′15″E / 50.74167°N 14.27083°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Ústí nad Labem |
| District | Děčín |
| First mentioned | 1543 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.03 km2 (1.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 439 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 405 02 |
| Website | www |
Malá Veleň (German: Klein Wöhlen) is a municipality and village in Děčín District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.
Malá Veleň lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-east of Děčín, 19 km (12 mi) north-east of Ústí nad Labem, and 74 km (46 mi) north of Prague.
Administrative division
Malá Veleň consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Malá Veleň (212)
- Jedlka (132)
- Soutěsky (120)
Etymology
The name Veleň is derived from the personal name Velen, meaning "Velen's (court)". The attribute malá (i.e. 'small') was added to distinguish it from nearby Velká Veleň ('great Veleň', today a part of Děčín).[3]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 786 | — |
| 1880 | 889 | +13.1% |
| 1890 | 932 | +4.8% |
| 1900 | 1,037 | +11.3% |
| 1910 | 1,075 | +3.7% |
| 1921 | 975 | −9.3% |
| 1930 | 1,130 | +15.9% |
| 1950 | 591 | −47.7% |
| 1961 | 601 | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 584 | −2.8% |
| 1980 | 406 | −30.5% |
| 1991 | 405 | −0.2% |
| 2001 | 418 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 437 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 464 | +6.2% |
| Source: Censuses[4][5] | ||
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.
- ^ Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). pp. 489–490.
- ^ "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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