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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Komňa

Komňa is a municipality and village in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Komňa lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Uherské Hradiště, 30 km (19 mi) south of Zlín, and 274 km (170 mi) south-east of Prague.

History

The first written mention of Komňa is from 1261.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869998—    
18801,148+15.0%
18901,279+11.4%
19001,242−2.9%
19101,302+4.8%
19211,186−8.9%
19301,082−8.8%
19501,022−5.5%
1961822−19.6%
1970779−5.2%
1980643−17.5%
1991531−17.4%
2001543+2.3%
2011540−0.6%
2021521−3.5%
Source: Censuses

Notable people

  • John Amos Comenius (1592–1670), philosopher and pedagogue; lived here and was possibly born here

References

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ "Významné události" (in Czech). Obec Komňa. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  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.