Lenora (Prachatice District)

Municipality in South Bohemian, Czech Republic

Lenora

Municipality

Lenora wooden bridge

Flag

Coat of arms

Lenora

Location in the Czech Republic

Coordinates: 48°55′21″N 13°47′36″E﻿ / ﻿48.92250°N 13.79333°E﻿ / 48.92250; 13.79333
Country|  Czech Republic
Region| South Bohemian
District| Prachatice
Founded| 1834
Area

• Total

| 17.79 km2 (6.87 sq mi)
Elevation

| 765 m (2,510 ft)
Population

(2024-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 661
• Density| 37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes|

384 42, 384 51

Website| www.lenora.cz

Lenora (German: Eleonorenhain) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Lenora lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Prachatice, 50 km (31 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 137 km (85 mi) south of Prague.

## Administrative division

[edit]

Lenora consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2]

* Lenora (494)
* Houžná (46)
* Kaplice (3)
* Vlčí Jámy (17)
* Zátoň (71)

## History

[edit]

Lenora was founded in 1834 as one of the last glassworks in the Bohemian Forest.[3]

## Demographics

[edit]

Historical populationYear| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1869| 1,689| —
1880| 1,542| −8.7%
1890| 1,789| +16.0%
1900| 1,832| +2.4%
1910| 1,698| −7.3%
1921| 1,672| −1.5%
1930| 1,854| +10.9%
1950| 934| −49.6%
1961| 861| −7.8%
1970| 835| −3.0%
1980| 833| −0.2%
1991| 861| +3.4%
2001| 803| −6.7%
2011| 776| −3.4%
2021| 631| −18.7%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
2. ^ "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. ^ "Strategický plán rozvoje obce Lenora 2013–2023" (PDF) (in Czech). Obec Lenora. 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
4. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
5. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lenora.

* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Towns, market towns and villages of Prachatice District

* Babice
* Bohumilice
* Bohunice
* Borová Lada
* Bošice
* Budkov
* Buk
* Bušanovice
* Chlumany
* Chroboly
* Chvalovice
* Čkyně
* Drslavice
* Dub
* Dvory
* Horní Vltavice
* Hracholusky
* Husinec
* Kratušín
* Křišťanov
* Ktiš
* Kubova Huť
* Kvilda
* Lažiště
* Lčovice
* Lenora
* Lhenice
* Lipovice
* Lužice
* Mahouš
* Malovice
* Mičovice
* Nebahovy
* Němčice
* Netolice
* Nicov
* Nová Pec
* Nové Hutě
* Olšovice
* Pěčnov
* Prachatice
* Radhostice
* Stachy
* Stožec
* Strážný
* Strunkovice nad Blanicí
* Šumavské Hoštice
* Svatá Maří
* Těšovice
* Tvrzice
* Újezdec
* Vacov
* Vimperk
* Vitějovice
* Vlachovo Březí
* Volary
* Vrbice
* Záblatí
* Zábrdí
* Zálezly
* Žárovná
* Zbytiny
* Zdíkov
* Želnava
* Žernovice

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Israel

This South Bohemian Region location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[Pop.]: Population
*[±%]: Percent change
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template