Bořanovice

50°10′42″N 14°28′44″E / 50.17833°N 14.47889°E / 50.17833; 14.47889Country Czech RepublicRegionCentral BohemianDistrictPrague-EastFirst mentioned1227Area • Total5.35 km² (2.07 sq mi)Elevation249 m (817 ft)Population • Total948 • Density180/km² (460/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeWebsitewww.boranovice.cz

Bořanovice is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Pakoměřice is an administrative part of Bořanovice.

Geography

Bořanovice is located about 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Prague. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the Prague Plateau.

History

The first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 367 —     1880 491 +33.8% 1890 509 +3.7% 1900 486 −4.5% 1910 508 +4.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 485 −4.5% 1930 565 +16.5% 1950 514 −9.0% 1961 579 +12.6% 1970 511 −11.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 532 +4.1% 1991 410 −22.9% 2001 466 +13.7% 2011 820 +76.0% 2021 1,114 +35.9%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.

Sights

In Pakoměřice there is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, later rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.^[5]

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