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Tachlovice

Coordinates: 50°0′52″N 14°14′27″E / 50.01444°N 14.24083°E / 50.01444; 14.24083
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Tachlovice
Church of Saint James the Great
Church of Saint James the Great
Flag of Tachlovice
Coat of arms of Tachlovice
Tachlovice is located in Czech Republic
Tachlovice
Tachlovice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°0′52″N 14°14′27″E / 50.01444°N 14.24083°E / 50.01444; 14.24083
Country Czech Republic
RegionCentral Bohemian
DistrictPrague-West
First mentioned1234
Area
 • Total6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Elevation
340 m (1,120 ft)
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total949
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
252 17
Websitewww.tachlovice.cz

Tachlovice is a municipality and village in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Etymology

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The initial name of the village was Taklovice. The name was derived from the personal name Takl, meaning "the village of Takl's people". In the 14th century, the name was distorted to its present form.[2]

Geography

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Tachlovice lies about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Prague Plateau. The highest point is at 383 m (1,257 ft) above sea level. The stream Radotínský potok flows through the municipality.

History

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The first written mention of Tachlovice is from 1234.[2]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869614—    
1880619+0.8%
1890778+25.7%
1900938+20.6%
1910917−2.2%
YearPop.±%
1921929+1.3%
1930884−4.8%
1950656−25.8%
1961643−2.0%
1970603−6.2%
YearPop.±%
1980547−9.3%
1991557+1.8%
2001529−5.0%
2011840+58.8%
2021907+8.0%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Transport

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There are no major roads passing through the municipality. The railway that runs next to the village is unused.

Culture

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Veteran Car Club Tachlovice was founded in 1960.[5] Since 1976, it organizes a veteran cars exhibition and contest called Tachlovice Triangle. It is held once a year in memory of the founder Jan Horák. Vehicles manufactured until the 1970s are displayed near the village common and some of them later compete driving on the triangle route.[6]

Sights

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Tachlovice White Willow

The Baroque complex of the Church of Saint James the Great is a cultural monument. It represents an architecturally and urbanistically valuable set of buildings from the 1740s with clear remnants of the original Gothic construction. It contains the church and a cemetery chapel.[7]

Tachlovice White Willow is a memorable tree, one of the largest of its kind in Bohemia with a shaft circuit of 773 cm (304 in).[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  2. ^ a b Profous, Antonín (1957). Místní jména v Čechách IV: S–Ž (in Czech). p. 311.
  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.
  5. ^ "VCC Tachlovice v AČR" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  6. ^ "Tachlovický trojúhelník" (in Czech). Veteran Car Club Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  7. ^ "Kostel sv. Jakuba Většího" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  8. ^ "Pokračování životopisu Vrby bílé (Salix alba)" (in Czech). Obec Tachlovice. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
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