Stará Ves (Bruntál District)

Stará Ves
Potočná Street
Stará Ves
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°57′30″N 17°14′11″E / 49.95833°N 17.23639°E / 49.95833; 17.23639
Country Czech Republic
RegionMoravian-Silesian
DistrictBruntál
First mentioned1561
Area
 • Total
44.07 km2 (17.02 sq mi)
Elevation
645 m (2,116 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[1]
 • Total
452
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
795 01
Websitewww.staraves.eu

Stará Ves (German: Altendorf) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Stará Ves consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

  • Stará Ves (427)
  • Žďárský Potok (36)

History

The first written mention of Stará Ves is from 1561.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
18693,100—    
18802,969−4.2%
18902,632−11.4%
19002,527−4.0%
19102,354−6.8%
19211,922−18.4%
19302,028+5.5%
19501,110−45.3%
1961984−11.4%
1970779−20.8%
1980591−24.1%
1991496−16.1%
2001516+4.0%
2011503−2.5%
2021463−8.0%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
  2. ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
  3. ^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Stará Ves. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  4. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  5. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.