Sopotnice

Municipality in Pardubice, Czech Republic

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50°3′33″N 16°20′43″E / 50.05917°N 16.34528°E / 50.05917; 16.34528Country

Czech RepublicRegionPardubiceDistrict Ústí nad OrlicíFirst mentioned1356Area

• Total13.57 km² (5.24 sq mi)Elevation

345 m (1,132 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total968 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

561 15

Websitewww.obecsopotnice.cz

Sopotnice (German: Sopotnitz) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Sopotnice lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, 41 km (25 mi) east of Pardubice, and 138 km (86 mi) east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,374	—
1880	1,491	+8.5%
1890	1,505	+0.9%
1900	1,443	−4.1%
1910	1,493	+3.5%
1921	1,462	−2.1%
1930	1,430	−2.2%
1950	1,049	−26.6%
1961	1,087	+3.6%
1970	1,031	−5.2%
1980	1,038	+0.7%
1991	960	−7.5%
2001	932	−2.9%
2011	922	−1.1%
2021	864	−6.3%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Ústí nad Orlicí" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 11–12.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.