Býkev

Býkev
Býkev
Municipality
	Centre of Býkev
	Flag Coat of arms
	Býkev Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 50°20′50″N 14°25′5″E / 50.34722°N 14.41806°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Mělník
First mentioned	1392
Area
• Total	5.62 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation	166 m (545 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	579
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	276 01
Website	www.obecbykev.cz

Býkev is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Jenišovice is an administrative part of Býkev.

Geography

Býkev is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Mělník and 28 km (17 mi) north of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table.

History

The first written mention of Býkev is from 1392. Jenišovice was founded around 1250. For centuries, agriculture has been the main livelihood of the inhabitants. That did not change until 1994, when the State Farm ceased to exist.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	323	—
1880	351	+8.7%
1890	424	+20.8%
1900	420	−0.9%
1910	491	+16.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	474	−3.5%
1930	478	+0.8%
1950	315	−34.1%
1961	331	+5.1%
1970	356	+7.6%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	359	+0.8%
1991	323	−10.0%
2001	329	+1.9%
2011	388	+17.9%
2021	495	+27.6%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

The I/16 road (the section from Mělník to Slaný) passes through Býkev.

The railway line Prague–Ústí nad Labem goes through the municipality, but there is no train station.

Sights

The main landmark of Býkov is the monument to the victims of World War I, built in the form of the Czech Lion (heraldic symbol of the Czech Republic) in 1918–1920.^[2]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ ^a ^b "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Býkev. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

Official website

[1] "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.

[history-2] "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Býkev. Retrieved 2022-04-03.

[3] "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.

[4] "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

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