Drahonice

Drahonice
Municipality
Centre of Drahonice
Flag Coat of arms
Drahonice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°12′3″N 14°4′29″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Strakonice
First mentioned	1240
Area
• Total	12.72 km^2 (4.91 sq mi)
Elevation	468 m (1,535 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	401
• Density	32/km^2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	389 01
Website	www.drahonice.cz

Drahonice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Drahonice lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-east of Strakonice, 39 km (24 mi) north-west of České Budějovice, and 102 km (63 mi) south of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Albrechtice is an administrative part of Drahonice.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	670	—
1880	663	−1.0%
1890	611	−7.8%
1900	631	+3.3%
1910	681	+7.9%
1921	675	−0.9%
1930	613	−9.2%
1950	485	−20.9%
1961	489	+0.8%
1970	428	−12.5%
1980	424	−0.9%
1991	365	−13.9%
2001	370	+1.4%
2011	348	−5.9%
2021	389	+11.8%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

References

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

External links

• Official website