Petřvald (Nový Jičín District)

Petřvald
Municipality
Municipal office
Flag Coat of arms
Petřvald Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°42′31″N 18°9′26″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Moravian-Silesian
District	Nový Jičín
First mentioned	1267
Area
• Total	12.51 km^2 (4.83 sq mi)
Elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,741
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	742 60
Website	www.petrvaldobec.cz

Petřvald (German: Gross Peterswald) is a municipality and village in Nový Jičín District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Petřvaldík is an administrative part od Petřvald.

History

The first written mention of Petřvald is from 1267.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,444	—
1880	1,430	−1.0%
1890	1,595	+11.5%
1900	1,646	+3.2%
1910	1,795	+9.1%
1921	1,634	−9.0%
1930	1,717	+5.1%
1950	1,464	−14.7%
1961	1,635	+11.7%
1970	1,639	+0.2%
1980	1,710	+4.3%
1991	1,727	+1.0%
2001	1,727	+0.0%
2011	1,761	+2.0%
2021	1,650	−6.3%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. "Historie obce Petřvald" (in Czech). Obec Petřvald. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

• Official website