Louka (Hodonín District)

Louka
Municipality
Main street
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Louka Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°54′55″N 17°29′21″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
First mentioned	1378
Area
• Total	9.50 km^2 (3.67 sq mi)
Elevation	247 m (810 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	942
• Density	99/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	696 76
Website	www.obeclouka.cz

Louka is a municipality and village in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Louka, a part of traditional ethnographic region Horňácko, lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Hodonín, 71 km (44 mi) south-east of Brno, and 257 km (160 mi) south-east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	722	—
1880	734	+1.7%
1890	753	+2.6%
1900	874	+16.1%
1910	890	+1.8%
1921	1,004	+12.8%
1930	1,070	+6.6%
1950	1,035	−3.3%
1961	1,185	+14.5%
1970	1,147	−3.2%
1980	1,140	−0.6%
1991	1,063	−6.8%
2001	1,045	−1.7%
2011	967	−7.5%
2021	877	−9.3%
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