Račiněves

Municipality in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

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50°22′23″N 14°13′7″E / 50.37306°N 14.21861°E / 50.37306; 14.21861Country

Czech RepublicRegion Ústí nad Labem District LitoměřiceFirst mentioned1262Area

• Total11.14 km² (4.30 sq mi)Elevation

227 m (745 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total634 • Density57/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

413 01

Websitewww.racineves.cz

Račiněves is a municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Račiněves lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of Litoměřice, 34 km (21 mi) south of Ústí nad Labem, and 36 km (22 mi) north-west of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	773	—
1880	791	+2.3%
1890	777	−1.8%
1900	778	+0.1%
1910	841	+8.1%
1921	840	−0.1%
1930	828	−1.4%
1950	583	−29.6%
1961	609	+4.5%
1970	592	−2.8%
1980	476	−19.6%
1991	435	−8.6%
2001	446	+2.5%
2011	544	+22.0%
2021	601	+10.5%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

Archaeology

Račiněves is home to an important archaeological site, at which numerous stone tools dating to the Lower Palaeolithic were found.^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Litoměřice" (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.
^ Szymanek, Marcin; Julien, Marie-Anne (2018). "Early and Middle Pleistocene climate-environment conditions in Central Europe and the hominin settlement record". Quaternary Science Reviews. 198. Elsevier BV: 56–75. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.021. ISSN 0277-3791.