Česká Metuje

Česká Metuje
Municipality
Train station
Flag Coat of arms
Česká Metuje Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°32′47″N 16°10′47″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Náchod
First mentioned	1406
Area
• Total	9.70 km^2 (3.75 sq mi)
Elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	295
• Density	30/km^2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	549 31, 549 56
Website	www.ceskametuje.cz

Česká Metuje (German: Böhmisch Matha) is a municipality and village in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. The village of Skalka, part of Česká Metuje, has well preserved folk architecture and is protected by law as a village monument zone.

Administrative division

Česká Metuje consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

• Česká Metuje (207)
• Skalka (16)
• Vlásenka (62)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,352	—
1880	1,293	−4.4%
1890	1,201	−7.1%
1900	1,089	−9.3%
1910	1,059	−2.8%
1921	954	−9.9%
1930	945	−0.9%
1950	506	−46.5%
1961	491	−3.0%
1970	437	−11.0%
1980	394	−9.8%
1991	343	−12.9%
2001	333	−2.9%
2011	299	−10.2%
2021	285	−4.7%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Notable people

• Franz Bruno Hofmann (1869–1926), Austrian physiologist

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

• Official website