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Světec

Municipality in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

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50°34′34″N 13°48′42″E / 50.57611°N 13.81167°E / 50.57611; 13.81167Country

Czech RepublicRegion Ústí nad Labem DistrictTepliceFirst mentioned1209Area

• Total12.34 km² (4.76 sq mi)Elevation

210 m (690 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total976 • Density79/km² (200/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

417 53

Websitewww.obec-svetec.cz

Světec (German: Schwaz) is a municipality and village in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Světec lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Teplice, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Ústí nad Labem, and 69 km (43 mi) north-west of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages of Chotějovice, Štrbice and Úpoř are administrative parts of Světec.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,183	—
1880	1,834	+55.0%
1890	1,961	+6.9%
1900	2,731	+39.3%
1910	3,264	+19.5%
1921	3,196	−2.1%
1930	3,380	+5.8%
1950	2,329	−31.1%
1961	2,052	−11.9%
1970	1,621	−21.0%
1980	1,209	−25.4%
1991	872	−27.9%
2001	939	+7.7%
2011	1,003	+6.8%
2021	991	−1.2%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

Notable people

Vojtěch Preissig (1873–1944), painter and illustrator

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Teplice" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.