Babice (Prague-East District)

Babice
Municipality
Road to Babice
Flag Coat of arms
Babice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°0′23″N 14°42′56″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Prague-East
First mentioned	1381
Area
• Total	5.57 km^2 (2.15 sq mi)
Elevation	384 m (1,260 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,455
• Density	260/km^2 (680/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	251 01
Website	babiceurican.cz

Babice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the surname Bába, meaning "the village of Bába's people".^[2]

Geography

Babice is located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The Výmola Stream flows through the municipality and supplies a system of fishponds south of the village.

History

The first written mention of Babice is from 1381.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 452 —     1880 471 +4.2% 1890 462 −1.9% 1900 394 −14.7% 1910 437 +10.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 444 +1.6% 1930 391 −11.9% 1950 361 −7.7% 1961 348 −3.6% 1970 288 −17.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 236 −18.1% 1991 186 −21.2% 2001 264 +41.9% 2011 843 +219.3% 2021 1,415 +67.9%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

Centre of Babice

Babice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument in the municipality is an archaeological site where the medieval village of Janovičky stood.^[6] There is a small wooden belfry and a crucifix in the centre of the village.

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. Profous, Antonín (1947). Místní jména v Čechách I: A–H (in Czech). pp. 22–23.
3. "Babice" (in Czech). National Library of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
4. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
6. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Babice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.

External links

• Official website