Vápenný Podol

Municipality in Pardubice, Czech Republic

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49°53′21″N 15°40′0″E / 49.88917°N 15.66667°E / 49.88917; 15.66667Country

Czech RepublicRegionPardubiceDistrictChrudimFirst mentioned1513Area

• Total9.12 km² (3.52 sq mi)Elevation

477 m (1,565 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total293 • Density32/km² (83/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

538 03

Websitewww.vapennypodol.cz

Vápenný Podol is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Nerozhovice and the hamlet of Cítkov are administrative parts of Vápenný Podol.

History

The first written mention of Vápenný Podol is from 1513. It used to be a village with a spa, which was founded in the 1720s and was most prosperous in the first half of the 19th century.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	768	—
1880	942	+22.7%
1890	859	−8.8%
1900	810	−5.7%
1910	831	+2.6%
1921	808	−2.8%
1930	713	−11.8%
1950	488	−31.6%
1961	431	−11.7%
1970	371	−13.9%
1980	279	−24.8%
1991	192	−31.2%
2001	182	−5.2%
2011	224	+23.1%
2021	311	+38.8%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Vápenný Podol. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Chrudim" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 21–22.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.