Horní Věstonice

Municipality in South Moravian, Czech Republic

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48°52′28″N 16°37′32″E / 48.87444°N 16.62556°E / 48.87444; 16.62556Country

Czech RepublicRegionSouth MoravianDistrict BřeclavFirst mentioned1414Area

• Total7.81 km² (3.02 sq mi)Elevation

210 m (690 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total524 • Density67/km² (170/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

691 81

Websitewww.horni-vestonice.cz

Horní Věstonice (German: Oberwisternitz) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Horní Věstonice lies approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) north-west of Břeclav, 36 km (22 mi) south of Brno, and 209 km (130 mi) south-east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	755	—
1880	782	+3.6%
1890	834	+6.6%
1900	782	−6.2%
1910	770	−1.5%
1921	734	−4.7%
1930	738	+0.5%
1950	549	−25.6%
1961	569	+3.6%
1970	556	−2.3%
1980	504	−9.4%
1991	452	−10.3%
2001	447	−1.1%
2011	425	−4.9%
2021	480	+12.9%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Břeclav" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.