Olešná (Pelhřimov District)

Olešná
Municipality
Pond in the centre of Olešná
Flag Coat of arms
Olešná Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°26′45″N 15°15′49″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Vysočina
District	Pelhřimov
First mentioned	1379
Area
• Total	12.74 km^2 (4.92 sq mi)
Elevation	517 m (1,696 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	565
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	393 01
Website	www.olesna.cz

Olešná is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Olešná lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Pelhřimov, 25 km (16 mi) west of Jihlava, and 94 km (58 mi) south-east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages of Chválov, Plevnice and Řemenov are administrative parts of Olešná.

History

The first written mention of Olešná is from 1379.^[2]

From 1 January 1980 to 23 November 1990, Olešná, Chválov, Plevnice and Řemenov were administrative parts of Pelhřimov.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	754	—
1880	809	+7.3%
1890	759	−6.2%
1900	729	−4.0%
1910	798	+9.5%
1921	811	+1.6%
1930	753	−7.2%
1950	586	−22.2%
1961	543	−7.3%
1970	514	−5.3%
1980	477	−7.2%
1991	477	+0.0%
2001	533	+11.7%
2011	587	+10.1%
2021	544	−7.3%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce Olešná" (in Czech). Obec Olešná. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011: Abecední přehled obcí a částí obcí" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 195, 394, 428, 495.
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.

External links

• Official website