Řehenice

Řehenice
Řehenice
Municipality
	Municipal office and kindergarten
	Flag Coat of arms
	Řehenice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°52′11″N 14°39′1″E / 49.86972°N 14.65028°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Benešov
First mentioned	1384
Area
• Total	11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	529
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	251 67, 251 68
Website	www.rehenice.cz

Řehenice is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Řehenice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

Řehenice (85)
Babice (244)
Barochov (88)
Gabrhele (4)
Křiváček (44)
Malešín (36)
Vavřetice (36)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Řehen (which is probably a variant of Řehoř), meaning "the village of Řehen's people".^[3]

Geography

Řehenice is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Benešov and 21 km (13 mi) southeast of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is at 508 m (1,667 ft) above sea level. The Sázava River flows along the southern municipal border, just outside the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Řehenice is from 1384.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	833	—
1880	735	−11.8%
1890	720	−2.0%
1900	737	+2.4%
1910	720	−2.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	687	−4.6%
1930	580	−15.6%
1950	474	−18.3%
1961	407	−14.1%
1970	371	−8.8%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	351	−5.4%
1991	264	−24.8%
2001	288	+9.1%
2011	424	+47.2%
2021	537	+26.7%

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

There are no significant monuments in Řehenice. Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are a former inn from the end of the 18th century, located in Křiváček, and terrain remains of the Božešice Fort (today an archaeological site), which stood here in the 13th–15th centuries.^[6]

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.
^ ^a ^b Profous, Antonín (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in Czech). p. 551.
^ "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.
^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Řehenice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-09.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[2] "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.

[profous-3] Profous, Antonín (1951). Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř (in Czech). p. 551.

[4] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[5] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

[6] "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Řehenice". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2025-01-09.

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