Svobodné Heřmanice

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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49°56′46″N 17°40′28″E / 49.94611°N 17.67444°E / 49.94611; 17.67444Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrict BruntálFirst mentioned1250Area

• Total11.48 km² (4.43 sq mi)Elevation

398 m (1,306 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total558 • Density49/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

793 12

Websitewww.svobodnehermanice.cz

Svobodné Heřmanice (German: Frei Hermersdorf) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

History

The first written mention of Svobodné Heřmanice is in a deed of Pope Innocent IV from 1250.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	975	—
1880	1,038	+6.5%
1890	1,083	+4.3%
1900	1,018	−6.0%
1910	951	−6.6%
1921	875	−8.0%
1930	950	+8.6%
1950	546	−42.5%
1961	500	−8.4%
1970	436	−12.8%
1980	433	−0.7%
1991	535	+23.6%
2001	504	−5.8%
2011	527	+4.6%
2021	507	−3.8%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Notable people

Šárka Cojocarová (born 1989), model, Czech Miss 2011 winner

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Svobodné Heřmanice. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Bruntál" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 11–12.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.