Brodce

Brodce
Market town
Main road
Coat of arms
Brodce Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 14°56′41″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mladá Boleslav
First mentioned	1130
Area
• Total	10.99 km^2 (4.24 sq mi)
Elevation	197 m (646 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,115
• Density	100/km^2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	294 73
Website	www.brodce.cz

Brodce (German: Brodetz) is a market town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is a diminutive and plural of the Czech word brod, i.e. 'ford'.^[2]

Geography

Brodce is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Mladá Boleslav and 34 km (21 mi) northeast of Prague. It lies in the Jizera Table. The highest point is at 245 m (804 ft) above sea level. Brodce is situated on the left bank of the Jizera River, which forms the western municipal border.

History

The first written mention of Brodce is in a deed of the Vyšehrad Chapter from 1130. It used to be the centre of a small estate. In the 1570s, during the rule of Albrecht Kaplíř of Sulevice, Brodce was promoted to a market town.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 954 —     1880 1,283 +34.5% 1890 1,356 +5.7% 1900 1,287 −5.1% 1910 1,293 +0.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,169 −9.6% 1930 1,186 +1.5% 1950 1,088 −8.3% 1961 1,113 +2.3% 1970 1,092 −1.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 1,061 −2.8% 1991 931 −12.3% 2001 990 +6.3% 2011 1,009 +1.9% 2021 1,065 +5.6%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

Transport

Aerial view

The D10 motorway from Prague to Turnov passes through the municipal territory.

Sights

There are no buildings protected as cultural monuments. The only monument is the remains of a burial mound from the Bronze Age, where archaeological research was carried out in the 1950s.^[6]

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. 384–385.
3. "O Brodcích" (in Czech). Městys Brodce. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
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 Brodce". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-27.

External links

• Official website