Horní Počaply

Horní Počaply
Municipality
Monument to the fallen in both World Wars
Flag Coat of arms
Horní Počaply Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°25′28″N 14°23′24″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mělník
First mentioned	1288
Area
• Total	12.39 km^2 (4.78 sq mi)
Elevation	160 m (520 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,258
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	277 03
Website	www.hornipocaply.cz

Horní Počaply is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Křivenice is an administrative part of Horní Počaply.

Geography

Horní Počaply is located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of Mělník and 34 km (21 mi) north of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape of the Lower Ohře Table. The municipality is situated on the left bank of the Elbe River.

History

The first written mention of Horní Počaply is in a deed of King Wenceslaus II from 1288. The village was divided into two parts and one was part of the Dolní Beřkovice estate from 1465, the other belonged to the Horní Beřkovice estate. This lasted until 1850, when an independent municipality was established.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 1,002 —     1880 930 −7.2% 1890 1,018 +9.5% 1900 1,073 +5.4% 1910 1,034 −3.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 968 −6.4% 1930 955 −1.3% 1950 844 −11.6% 1961 1,105 +30.9% 1970 1,255 +13.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 1,348 +7.4% 1991 1,228 −8.9% 2001 1,200 −2.3% 2011 1,456 +21.3% 2021 1,179 −19.0%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

Horní Počaply is located on the railway line Prague–Ústí nad Labem.[5]

Sights

The main landmark of Horní Počaply is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is originally a Gothic church from the 13th or 14th century, rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style in 1869–1871.[6]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Horní Počaply. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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.
5. "Detail stanice Horní Počaply" (in Czech). České dráhy. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
6. "Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-18.

External links

• Official website