Peterswalde
Petrovice (German: Peterswald) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.
Petrovice lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Ústí nad Labem and 84 km (52 mi) north of Prague.
Administrative division
Petrovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
- Petrovice (732)
- Krásný Les (147)
History
On 15 April 1759, the Battle of Peterswalde of the Seven Years' War took place here.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1869 | 5,572 | — |
| 1880 | 5,549 | −0.4% |
| 1890 | 5,133 | −7.5% |
| 1900 | 4,857 | −5.4% |
| 1910 | 5,226 | +7.6% |
| 1921 | 4,633 | −11.3% |
| 1930 | 4,439 | −4.2% |
| 1950 | 834 | −81.2% |
| 1961 | 754 | −9.6% |
| 1970 | 773 | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 698 | −9.7% |
| 1991 | 596 | −14.6% |
| 2001 | 622 | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 832 | +33.8% |
| 2021 | 879 | +5.6% |
| Source: Censuses | ||
References
- ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
- ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
- ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
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