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Municipality in Plzeň, Czech Republic

Postřekov
Municipality
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Coordinates: 49°27′14″N 12°47′58″E / 49.45389°N 12.79944°E / 49.45389; 12.79944
Country Czech Republic
Region Plzeň
District Domažlice
First mentioned 1325
Area
• Total 18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi)
Elevation 470 m (1,540 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total 1,105
• Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 345 35
Website www.obecpostrekov.cz

Postřekov is a municipality and village in the Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Postřekov lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Domažlice, 53 km (33 mi) south-west of Plzeň, and 137 km (85 mi) south-west of Prague.

Administrative parts

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The village of Mlýnec is an administrative part of Postřekov.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±%
1869 1,473
1880 1,498 +1.7%
1890 1,547 +3.3%
1900 1,672 +8.1%
1910 1,848 +10.5%
1921 1,706 −7.7%
1930 1,554 −8.9%
1950 1,003 −35.5%
1961 1,138 +13.5%
1970 1,202 +5.6%
1980 1,230 +2.3%
1991 1,176 −4.4%
2001 1,131 −3.8%
2011 1,092 −3.4%
2021 1,063 −2.7%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Twin towns – sister cities

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Postřekov is twinned with:[4]

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  3. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  4. ^ "Partnerské obce" (in Czech). Obec Postřekov. Retrieved 2023-08-06.

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