Vlachovice (Zlín District)
Vlachovice | |
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Main intersection in Vlachovice | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Vlachovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°7′26″N 17°56′24″E / 49.12389°N 17.94000°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Zlín |
| District | Zlín |
| First mentioned | 1261 |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.38 km2 (8.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 339 m (1,112 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,460 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 763 24 |
| Website | www |
Vlachovice [ˈvʊləxəˈvitsɛ] is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.
Vlachovice lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Zlín and 276 km (171 mi) south-east of Prague.
Administrative division
Vlachovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Vlachovice (1,042)
- Vrbětice (343)
History
In 2014, a series of explosions occurred in a military warehouse in the village of Vrbětice. Presumably, the explosion was caused by the Russian GRU agents.[3]
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 1,170 | — |
| 1880 | 1,281 | +9.5% |
| 1890 | 1,352 | +5.5% |
| 1900 | 1,353 | +0.1% |
| 1910 | 1,311 | −3.1% |
| 1921 | 1,322 | +0.8% |
| 1930 | 1,300 | −1.7% |
| 1950 | 1,260 | −3.1% |
| 1961 | 1,559 | +23.7% |
| 1970 | 1,544 | −1.0% |
| 1980 | 1,547 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,566 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1,544 | −1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,439 | −6.8% |
| 2021 | 1,385 | −3.8% |
| 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.
- ^ "Senior GRU Leader Directly Involved With Czech Arms Depot Explosion". Bellingcat. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "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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