Těchonín

Těchonín
Municipality
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Těchonín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°3′54″N 16°37′5″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Pardubice
District	Ústí nad Orlicí
First mentioned	1543
Area
• Total	18.99 km^2 (7.33 sq mi)
Elevation	494 m (1,621 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	596
• Density	31/km^2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	561 66
Website	www.techonin.cz

Těchonín (German: Linsdorf) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The villages of Celné and Stanovník are administrative parts of Těchonín.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,850	—
1880	1,949	+5.4%
1890	1,908	−2.1%
1900	1,522	−20.2%
1910	1,476	−3.0%
1921	1,274	−13.7%
1930	1,267	−0.5%
1950	1,175	−7.3%
1961	1,003	−14.6%
1970	757	−24.5%
1980	836	+10.4%
1991	702	−16.0%
2001	646	−8.0%
2011	582	−9.9%
2021	583	+0.2%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Economy

A BSL-4 biosafety facility, Centre of Biological Protection, is located here.^[4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
3. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
4. "Biological Defence Department at Techonin". Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

External links

• Official website