Vlachovice (Zlín District)

Municipality in Zlín, Czech Republic

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49°7′26″N 17°56′24″E / 49.12389°N 17.94000°E / 49.12389; 17.94000Country

Czech RepublicRegion Zlín District ZlínFirst mentioned1261Area

• Total22.38 km² (8.64 sq mi)Elevation

339 m (1,112 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,477 • Density66/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

763 24

Websitewww.vlachovice.cz

Vlachovice [ˈvʊləxəˈvitsɛ] is a municipality and village in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Vlachovice lies approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) south-east of Zlín and 276 km (171 mi) south-east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Vrbětice is an administrative part of Vlachovice.

History

In 2014, a series of explosions occurred in a military warehouse in the village of Vrbětice. Presumably, the explosion was caused by the Russian GRU agents.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,170	—
1880	1,281	+9.5%
1890	1,352	+5.5%
1900	1,353	+0.1%
1910	1,311	−3.1%
1921	1,322	+0.8%
1930	1,300	−1.7%
1950	1,260	−3.1%
1961	1,559	+23.7%
1970	1,544	−1.0%
1980	1,547	+0.2%
1991	1,566	+1.2%
2001	1,544	−1.4%
2011	1,439	−6.8%
2021	1,385	−3.8%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Senior GRU Leader Directly Involved With Czech Arms Depot Explosion". Bellingcat. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Zlín" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 7–8.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.