Vrbovec (Znojmo District)

Vrbovec
Municipality
Church of Saint John the Baptist
Flag Coat of arms
Vrbovec Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°47′59″N 16°6′2″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Znojmo
First mentioned	1243
Area
• Total	19.67 km^2 (7.59 sq mi)
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,272
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	669 02, 671 24
Website	www.obec-vrbovec.cz

Vrbovec (German: Urbau) is a municipality and village in Znojmo District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.

Vrbovec lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of Znojmo, 59 km (37 mi) south-west of Brno, and 189 km (117 mi) south-east of Prague.

Administrative division

Vrbovec consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

• Vrbovec (988)
• Hnízdo (148)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,321	—
1880	1,434	+8.6%
1890	1,385	−3.4%
1900	1,462	+5.6%
1910	1,411	−3.5%
1921	1,438	+1.9%
1930	1,485	+3.3%
1950	796	−46.4%
1961	945	+18.7%
1970	960	+1.6%
1980	993	+3.4%
1991	989	−0.4%
2001	1,070	+8.2%
2011	1,118	+4.5%
2021	1,136	+1.6%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
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