Věrovany

Municipality in Olomouc, Czech Republic

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49°27′40″N 17°17′17″E / 49.46111°N 17.28806°E / 49.46111; 17.28806Country

Czech RepublicRegionOlomoucDistrictOlomoucFirst mentioned1131Area

• Total17.81 km² (6.88 sq mi)Elevation

206 m (676 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,425 • Density80/km² (210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

783 76

Websitewww.verovany.cz

Věrovany (German: Wierowan, Werowan) is a municipality and village in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.

Věrovany lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south of Olomouc and 218 km (135 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages of Nenakonice and Rakodavy are administrative parts of Věrovany.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,396	—
1880	1,567	+12.2%
1890	1,617	+3.2%
1900	1,582	−2.2%
1910	1,671	+5.6%
1921	1,696	+1.5%
1930	1,623	−4.3%
1950	1,368	−15.7%
1961	1,431	+4.6%
1970	1,297	−9.4%
1980	1,329	+2.5%
1991	1,303	−2.0%
2001	1,300	−0.2%
2011	1,346	+3.5%
2021	1,360	+1.0%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

Notable people

Otakar Bystřina (1861–1931), writer

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Olomouc" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 19–20.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.