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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Běrunice
| other_name              =
| settlement_type         = [[Obec|Municipality]]
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| image_skyline           = Běrunice kostel.jpg
| image_caption           = Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
| image_flag              = Běrunice flag.jpg
| image_shield            = Běrunice_CoA.svg
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of the Czech Republic|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Central Bohemian Region|Central Bohemian]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Districts of the Czech Republic|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Nymburk District|Nymburk]]
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| image_map               =
| map_caption             =
| pushpin_map             = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief          = 1
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates             = {{coord|50|11|9|N|15|20|1|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
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| leader_title            =
| leader_name             =
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| established_title       = First mentioned
| established_date        = 1354
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| area_footnotes          =
| area_total_km2          = 26.64
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| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 218
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| population_as_of        = 2024-01-01
| population_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024|url=https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/population-of-municipalities-qexb0dqr2d|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2024-05-17}}</ref>
| population_total        = 868
| population_density_km2  = auto
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| timezone1               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1             = +1
| timezone1_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +2
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| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 289 08
| area_code_type          =
| area_code               =
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| website                 = {{URL|https://www.berunice.cz/}}
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Běrunice''' is a municipality and village in [[Nymburk District]] in the [[Central Bohemian Region]] of the [[Czech Republic]]. It has about 900 inhabitants.
==Administrative parts==
The villages of Běruničky, Slibovice, Velké Výkleky and Vlkov nad Lesy are administrative parts of Běrunice.
==Geography==
Běrunice is located about {{convert|20|km}} east of [[Nymburk]] and {{convert|56|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Prague]]. Most of the municipal territory lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the [[Central Elbe Table]]. However, the northeastern part extends into the [[East Elbe Table]] and includes the highest point of Běrunice at {{convert|272|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The stream of Štítarský potok flows through the municipality.
==History==
The first written mention of Běrunice is from 1354. The nearby villages of Běruničky and Nový were historically administered by Běrunice, but Nový was attached to [[Městec Králové]] in 1950. In 1965, the municipalities of Slibovice, Velké Výkleky, Vlkov nad Lesy and [[Kněžičky]] were merged with Běrunice,  but Kněžičky became independent again in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obec Běrunice|url=https://www.berunice.cz/obec-7/historie-obci/obec-berunice/|publisher=Obec Běrunice|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-03}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|1814
|1880|1871
|1890|2061
|1900|2125
|1910|2090
|1921|1911
|1930|1788
|1950|1357
|1961|1365
|1970|1262
|1980|1067
|1991|909
|2001|877
|2011|819
|2021|850
|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=[[Czech Statistical Office]]|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Transport==
Běrunice is located on the railway line [[Městec Králové]]–[[Stará Paka]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Běrunice|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/berunice/5456401|publisher=[[České dráhy]]|language=cs|access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref>
==Sights==
The main landmark of Běrunice is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. It is a simple Baroque church from 1718, which replaced a demolished medieval church from the 14th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kostel Narození Panny Marie|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-narozeni-panny-marie-2170390|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-03}}</ref>
==Notable people==
*[[František Janda]] (1886–1956), architect and urban planner
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Běrunice}}
*{{official|https://www.berunice.cz/}}
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[[Category:Villages in Nymburk District]]