Hoštice-Heroltice

Hoštice-Heroltice is a municipality in Vyškov District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Hoštice-Heroltice
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Hoštice-Heroltice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°17′14″N 17°4′0″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Moravian
DistrictVyškov
First mentioned1349
Area
  Total7.23 km2 (2.79 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2020-01-01[1])
  Total616
  Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
683 26
Websitehostice-heroltice.cz

Hoštice-Heroltice lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Vyškov, 34 km (21 mi) east of Brno, and 210 km (130 mi) south-east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The municipality is made up of villages of Hoštice and Heroltice.

History

The first written mention about Hoštice is from 1445 and about Heroltice is from 1349. Račice and Pístovice were merged into one municipality in 1942.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2020". Czech Statistical Office. 2020-04-30.
  2. "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Hoštice-Heroltice. Retrieved 2020-10-08.


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