Olešná (Pelhřimov District)
Olešná | |
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Pond in the centre of Olešná | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Olešná Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′45″N 15°15′49″E / 49.44583°N 15.26361°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Vysočina |
| District | Pelhřimov |
| First mentioned | 1379 |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 517 m (1,696 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 559 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 393 01 |
| Website | www |
Olešná is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Olešná lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Pelhřimov, 25 km (16 mi) west of Jihlava, and 94 km (58 mi) south-east of Prague.
Administrative division
Olešná consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Olešná (352)
- Chválov (46)
- Plevnice (64)
- Řemenov (82)
History
The first written mention of Olešná is from 1379.[3]
From 1 January 1980 to 23 November 1990, Olešná, Chválov, Plevnice and Řemenov were administrative parts of Pelhřimov.[4]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 754 | — |
| 1880 | 809 | +7.3% |
| 1890 | 759 | −6.2% |
| 1900 | 729 | −4.0% |
| 1910 | 798 | +9.5% |
| 1921 | 811 | +1.6% |
| 1930 | 753 | −7.2% |
| 1950 | 586 | −22.2% |
| 1961 | 543 | −7.3% |
| 1970 | 514 | −5.3% |
| 1980 | 477 | −7.2% |
| 1991 | 477 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 533 | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 587 | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 544 | −7.3% |
| Source: Censuses[5][6] | ||
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.
- ^ "Historie obce Olešná" (in Czech). Obec Olešná. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011: Abecední přehled obcí a částí obcí" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 195, 394, 428, 495.
- ^ "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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