Plchovice

Plchovice (German: Pilchowitz) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70 inhabitants.

Plchovice
Municipality
Road through the village
Flag Coat of arms
Plchovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°2′42″N 16°10′53″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Pardubice
District	Ústí nad Orlicí
First mentioned	1342
Area
• Total	2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Elevation	271 m (889 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	67
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	565 01
Website	www.plchovice.cz

Administrative division

Plchovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Plchovice (48)
• Smetana (18)

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Plch, meaning "the village of Plch's people".^[3]

Geography

Choceň is located about 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Ústí nad Orlicí and 28 km (17 mi) east of Pardubice. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Orlice Table. The municipality is situated on the right bank of the Tichá Orlice River.

History

The first written mention of Plchovice is from 1342. It was founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Among the most notable owners of the village were Henry the Elder of Münsterberg and Vilém II of Pernštejn.^[4]

The village of Smetana was founded at the beginning of the 18th century. It was first mentioned in 1732. It has been a part of Plchovice since 1850, when the independent municipality of Plchovice was established.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 208 —     1880 203 −2.4% 1890 227 +11.8% 1900 211 −7.0% 1910 202 −4.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 191 −5.4% 1930 191 +0.0% 1950 121 −36.6% 1961 105 −13.2% 1970 108 +2.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 113 +4.6% 1991 78 −31.0% 2001 85 +9.0% 2011 84 −1.2% 2021 66 −21.4%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

A technical monument is the underground water channel, which runs under the western part of the village. It was built by Count František Kinsky in 1853 to bring water to fields near Plchovice. After the completion of the channel, the fields were rented to Plchovice's farmers. The water in the channel comes from the Tichá Orlice River and nearby Jordán Brook. The channel is 3.1 m (10 ft) wide and 1.3 m (4.3 ft) high and the length counts 145 m (476 ft).^[7]