Veleslavín

Veleslavín
Cadastral Area of Prague
Hvězda apartment buildings designed by Vlado Milunić.
Location of Stodůlky in Prague
Coordinates: 50°05′31″N 14°20′54″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Prague
District	Prague 6
Area
• Total	1.31 km^2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	6,614
• Density	5,000/km^2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	162 00

Veleslavín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvɛlɛslaviːn], German: Weleslawin) is a district of Prague, part of Prague 6, situated in the west of the city approximately 5 km from Ruzyně International Airport. It was probably founded in the 10th or 11th century, first recorded in records from the nearby Břevnov Monastery, and has been part of Prague since 1922.

Veleslavín chateau, a single-floored baroque chateau located at the address Veleslavínská 1, is recorded as a cultural monument.^[2] The southern part of Veleslavín is part of the housing estate named Petřiny, the remainder of which is in Břevnov, and contains a number of modernist buildings designed by Vlado Milunić.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 229 —     1880 470 +105.2% 1890 550 +17.0% 1900 863 +56.9% 1910 1,340 +55.3% 1921 1,779 +32.8% 1930 2,536 +42.6% 1950 2,912 +14.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1961 4,939 +69.6% 1970 8,808 +78.3% 1980 7,660 −13.0% 1991 6,032 −21.3% 2001 6,137 +1.7% 2011 6,485 +5.7% 2021 6,614 +2.0%
Source: Censuses[3][1]

See also

• Praha-Veleslavín railway station
• Nádraží Veleslavín (Prague Metro)
• Daniel Adam z Veleslavína, lexicographer and writer

References

1. "Results of the 2021 Census - Open data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
2. "Nemovit pamtky". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Praha" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.