Záhornice

Záhornice
Municipality
Church of Saint Matthew
Flag Coat of arms
Záhornice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°14′52″N 15°17′28″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Nymburk
First mentioned	1225
Area
• Total	17.08 km^2 (6.59 sq mi)
Elevation	211 m (692 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	413
• Density	24/km^2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	289 03
Website	www.zahornice.cz

Záhornice is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants.

Záhornice is located about 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of Nymburk and 64 kilometres (40 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Poušť is an administrative part of Záhornice.

History

The first written mention of Záhornice is from 1225.[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	910	—
1880	966	+6.2%
1890	934	−3.3%
1900	926	−0.9%
1910	931	+0.5%
1921	955	+2.6%
1930	852	−10.8%
1950	602	−29.3%
1961	508	−15.6%
1970	443	−12.8%
1980	399	−9.9%
1991	355	−11.0%
2001	337	−5.1%
2011	421	+24.9%
2021	397	−5.7%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Notable people

• František Pecháček (1896–1944), gymnast

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie" (in Czech). Obec Záhornice. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
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