Hrubá Vrbka

Hrubá Vrbka
Municipality
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Hrubá Vrbka Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°52′19″N 17°28′37″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
First mentioned	1360
Area
• Total	13.18 km^2 (5.09 sq mi)
Elevation	257 m (843 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	604
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	696 73
Website	www.hrubavrbka.cz

Hrubá Vrbka (German: Gross Wrbka) is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Hrubá Vrbka, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Hodonín, 73 km (45 mi) south-east of Brno, and 259 km (161 mi) south-east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	731	—
1880	829	+13.4%
1890	853	+2.9%
1900	863	+1.2%
1910	901	+4.4%
1921	974	+8.1%
1930	988	+1.4%
1950	911	−7.8%
1961	952	+4.5%
1970	888	−6.7%
1980	805	−9.3%
1991	762	−5.3%
2001	719	−5.6%
2011	626	−12.9%
2021	569	−9.1%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Notable people

• Gorazd Pavlík (1879–1942), bishop and saint
• Martin Řehák (1933–2010), athlete

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