Želešice

Želešice
Municipality
Main street
Flag Coat of arms
Želešice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°7′0″N 16°34′53″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Brno-Country
First mentioned	1228
Area
• Total	9.97 km^2 (3.85 sq mi)
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,945
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	664 43
Website	www.zelesice.eu

Želešice is a municipality and village in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.

Želešice lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Brno and 190 km (120 mi) south-east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	952	—
1880	981	+3.0%
1890	986	+0.5%
1900	987	+0.1%
1910	1,031	+4.5%
1921	1,076	+4.4%
1930	1,115	+3.6%
1950	1,117	+0.2%
1961	1,136	+1.7%
1970	1,175	+3.4%
1980	1,200	+2.1%
1991	1,171	−2.4%
2001	1,175	+0.3%
2011	1,549	+31.8%
2021	1,803	+16.4%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Notable people

• Georg Benedikt von Ogilvy (1651–1710), Polish-Saxon military leader

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.

External links

• Official website