Bukovice (Náchod District)

Bukovice
Municipality
View from the northwest
Flag Coat of arms
Bukovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°32′58″N 16°13′41″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Náchod
First mentioned	1406
Area
• Total	2.43 km^2 (0.94 sq mi)
Elevation	453 m (1,486 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	383
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	549 54
Website	www.obecbukovice.cz

Bukovice is a municipality and village in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Name

The name of the village is derived from the adjective buková meaning beech mountain, hillside or pasture. In historical sources, the name appears in the forms Bukowicze (1395, in a list of land records taken around 1706), Bukowicze (1406) and "w Bukowiczy" (1546).[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	326	—
1880	334	+2.5%
1890	293	−12.3%
1900	318	+8.5%
1910	348	+9.4%
1921	342	−1.7%
1930	437	+27.8%
1950	383	−12.4%
1961	377	−1.6%
1970	394	+4.5%
1980	403	+2.3%
1991	433	+7.4%
2001	380	−12.2%
2011	362	−4.7%
2021	340	−6.1%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
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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