Brno-City District

Summary

Brno-City District (Czech: okres Brno-město) is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The district is coterminous with the city of Brno.

Brno-City District
Okres Brno-město
Location in the South Moravian Region within the Czech Republic
Location in the South Moravian Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°13′N 16°35′E / 49.217°N 16.583°E / 49.217; 16.583
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Moravian
CapitalBrno
Area
 • Total230.18 km2 (88.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total396,101
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities1
* Cities and towns1
* Market towns0

Geography edit

Brno-City District has a hilly and forested character in the northwestern part and flat and deforested in the southeastern part. On the border of these landscapes there is a large built-up area of the city. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Bobrava Highlands (west and centre), Dyje–Svratka Valley (south and east), and Drahany Highlands (north). The highest point of the district is a contour line in Brno-Útěchov with an elevation of 497 m (1,631 ft), the northernmost point of the district. The lowest point is the river bed of the Svratka in Brno-Chrlice at 188 m (617 ft), the southernmost point of the district.

From the total district area of 230.2 km2 (88.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 75.4 km2 (29.1 sq mi), forests occupy 64.0 km2 (24.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi). Forests cover 27.8% of the district's area.[1]

The Svratka River flows across the territory from west to south. The only notable body of water is the Brno Reservoir, built on the Svratka in the western part of the territory.

Small part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area extends into the district in the northeast.

Demographics edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869104,977—    
1880120,122+14.4%
1890145,782+21.4%
1900176,645+21.2%
1910216,709+22.7%
YearPop.±%
1921237,659+9.7%
1930283,972+19.5%
1950299,099+5.3%
1961324,173+8.4%
1970344,218+6.2%
YearPop.±%
1980371,463+7.9%
1991388,296+4.5%
2001376,172−3.1%
2011385,913+2.6%
2021398,510+3.3%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Notable people edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
  3. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Brno-město" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
  4. ^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links edit

  • Brno-City District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website