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Zeleneč, Czech Republic

Zeleneč, Czech Republic
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nameZeleneč
settlement_typeMunicipality
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image_captionCentre of Zeleneč
image_flagZelenec Flag.jpg
image_shieldZelenec CoA.jpg
subdivision_typeCountry
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subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Central Bohemian
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Prague-East
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established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date1378
area_total_km210.75
elevation_m255
population_as_of2025-01-01
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population_total3178
population_density_km2auto
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website

Zeleneč is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Zeleneč consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):

  • Zeleneč (3,128)
  • Mstětice (39)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Zelenec or Zelenka.

Geography

Zeleneč is located about 10 km east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table, in the Polabí lowlands.

History

The first written mention of Zeleneč is in a document created in 1372–1378. The record of Kašpar of Zeleneč from 1316, which is sometimes cited as the first mention, actually dates from 1416.

Demographics

|1869|680 |1880|806 |1890|775 |1900|767 |1910|852 |1921|866 |1930|1526 |1950|1660 |1961|1761 |1970|1631 |1980|1463 |1991|1361 |2001|1383 |2011|2984 |2021|3167

Transport

There is no major road running through the municipal territory, but Zeleneč is located in close proximity to the D10 motorway, which runs north of it, and the D11 motorway to the south.

Zeleneč is located on the railway line Prague–Lysá nad Labem, further continuing to Kolín or to Milovice.

Sights

Chapel

There are no significant monuments in the municipality. The only protected cultural monuments are a niche chapel with a statue of St. John of Nepomuk, which dates from 1863, and a stone cross from 1820.

References

References

  1. (2025-05-16). "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  2. (2022). "Public Census 2021 – basic data". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  3. Profous, Antonín. (1957). "Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž".
  4. "Historie". Obec Zeleneč.
  5. (2015-12-21). "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  6. (2021-03-27). "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
  7. "Detail stanice Zeleneč". [[České dráhy]].
  8. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Zeleneč". National Heritage Institute.
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