Bořanovice

Bořanovice
Municipality
Pivovarská street
Flag Coat of arms
Bořanovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°10′42″N 14°28′44″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-East
First mentioned	1227
Area
• Total	5.35 km^2 (2.07 sq mi)
Elevation	249 m (817 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	950
• Density	180/km^2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	250 65
Website	www.boranovice.cz

Bořanovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Pakoměřice is an administrative part of Bořanovice.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".[2]

Geography

Bořanovice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Prague. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau.

History

The first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 367 —     1880 491 +33.8% 1890 509 +3.7% 1900 486 −4.5% 1910 508 +4.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 485 −4.5% 1930 565 +16.5% 1950 514 −9.0% 1961 579 +12.6% 1970 511 −11.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 532 +4.1% 1991 410 −22.9% 2001 466 +13.7% 2011 820 +76.0% 2021 1,114 +35.9%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

Former brewery

The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.

Sights

In Pakoměřice is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.[6]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 131–132.
3. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Bořanovice. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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.
6. "Zámek s kostelem" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-05-04.

External links

• Official website