Světec

Světec (German: Schwaz) is a municipality and village in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Světec
Municipality
Castle in Světec
Flag Coat of arms
Světec Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°34′34″N 13°48′42″E / 50.57611°N 13.81167°E / 50.57611; 13.81167
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Teplice
First mentioned	1209
Area
• Total	12.34 km^2 (4.76 sq mi)
Elevation	210 m (690 ft)
Population  (2023-01-01)^[1]
• Total	976
• Density	79/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	417 53
Website	www.obec-svetec.cz

Světec lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Teplice, 19 km (12 mi) south-west of Ústí nad Labem, and 69 km (43 mi) north-west of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages of Chotějovice, Štrbice and Úpoř are administrative parts of Světec.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,183	—
1880	1,834	+55.0%
1890	1,961	+6.9%
1900	2,731	+39.3%
1910	3,264	+19.5%
1921	3,196	−2.1%
1930	3,380	+5.8%
1950	2,329	−31.1%
1961	2,052	−11.9%
1970	1,621	−21.0%
1980	1,209	−25.4%
1991	872	−27.9%
2001	939	+7.7%
2011	1,003	+6.8%
2021	991	−1.2%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

Notable people

• Vojtěch Preissig (1873–1944), painter and illustrator

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
2. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Teplice" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
3. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

 

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• Official website