Křetín

Křetín
Municipality
Church of Saint Jerome
Flag Coat of arms
Křetín Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°33′47″N 16°30′16″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Blansko
First mentioned	1308
Area
• Total	5.95 km^2 (2.30 sq mi)
Elevation	393 m (1,289 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	483
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	679 62
Website	www.kretin.eu

Křetín is a municipality and village in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Křetín lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north-west of Blansko, 42 km (26 mi) north of Brno, and 160 km (99 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Dolní Poříčí is an administrative part of Křetín.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	580	—
1880	585	+0.9%
1890	614	+5.0%
1900	608	−1.0%
1910	645	+6.1%
1921	609	−5.6%
1930	576	−5.4%
1950	532	−7.6%
1961	584	+9.8%
1970	568	−2.7%
1980	552	−2.8%
1991	524	−5.1%
2001	502	−4.2%
2011	494	−1.6%
2021	486	−1.6%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

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