Volenice (Strakonice District)
Volenice | |
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The street to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Volenice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°15′9″N 13°44′52″E / 49.25250°N 13.74778°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | South Bohemian |
| District | Strakonice |
| First mentioned | 1227 |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.95 km2 (6.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 459 m (1,506 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 582 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 387 16 |
| Website | www |
Volenice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Volenice lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Strakonice, 62 km (39 mi) north-west of České Budějovice, and 106 km (66 mi) south-west of Prague.
Administrative division
Volenice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]
- Volenice (410)
- Ohrazenice (16)
- Tažovice (84)
- Tažovická Lhota (13)
- Vojnice (15)
Vojnice forms an exclave of the municipal territory.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 1,466 | — |
| 1880 | 1,430 | −2.5% |
| 1890 | 1,430 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 1,312 | −8.3% |
| 1910 | 1,302 | −0.8% |
| 1921 | 1,290 | −0.9% |
| 1930 | 1,265 | −1.9% |
| 1950 | 914 | −27.7% |
| 1961 | 850 | −7.0% |
| 1970 | 727 | −14.5% |
| 1980 | 676 | −7.0% |
| 1991 | 606 | −10.4% |
| 2001 | 553 | −8.7% |
| 2011 | 515 | −6.9% |
| 2021 | 538 | +4.5% |
| 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.
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