Chrášťany (Benešov District)
Chrášťany | |
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| Centre of Chrášťany with the municipal office Centre of Chrášťany with the municipal office | |
Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′32″N 14°34′55″E / 49.79222°N 14.58194°E | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Benešov |
| First mentioned | 1318 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.54 km2 (4.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 294 m (965 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 255 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 256 01, 257 44, 257 56 |
| Website | chrastany |
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Chrášťany is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The villages of Benice, Černíkovice and Soběšovice are administrative parts of Chrášťany.
Etymology
The name is derived either from the word Chrášťané (meaning "people who came from Chrást), or from chrást (i.e. 'shrub') and chrášťané ("people living near a shrub").[2]
Geography
Chrášťany is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) west of Benešov and 28 km (17 mi) south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is on the slopes of the hill Neštětická hora at 467 m (1,532 ft) above sea level. The stream Tloskovský potok flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Chrášťany is from 1318. From 1597, the village was a part of the Konopiště estate and shared its owners.[3]
Demographics
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Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are the Chapel of the Virgin Mary in the centre of Chrášťany, built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1887, and a Baroque homestead in Soběšovice from around 1750.[6]
References
- ↑ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
- ↑ Profous, Antonín (1949). Místní jména v Čechách II: CH–L (in čeština). pp. 57–58.
- ↑ "Územní plán Chrášťany: textová část" (PDF) (in čeština). Obec Chrášťany. November 2011. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in čeština). 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 Chrášťany". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in čeština). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
