Šakvice

Municipality in South Moravian, Czech Republic

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48°53′51″N 16°42′51″E / 48.89750°N 16.71417°E / 48.89750; 16.71417Country

Czech RepublicRegionSouth MoravianDistrict BřeclavFirst mentioned1248Area

• Total11.96 km² (4.62 sq mi)Elevation

187 m (614 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,559 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

691 67

Websitewww.sakvice.cz

Šakvice (German: Schakwitz) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,600 inhabitants.

Šakvice lies approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Břeclav, 35 km (22 mi) south of Brno, and 213 km (132 mi) south-east of Prague.

History

The first written mention of Šakvice is from 1248.^[2]

Šakvice train collision took place here in 1953.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	944	—
1880	1,137	+20.4%
1890	1,188	+4.5%
1900	1,154	−2.9%
1910	1,159	+0.4%
1921	1,325	+14.3%
1930	1,512	+14.1%
1950	1,360	−10.1%
1961	1,471	+8.2%
1970	1,605	+9.1%
1980	1,573	−2.0%
1991	1,441	−8.4%
2001	1,391	−3.5%
2011	1,380	−0.8%
2021	1,483	+7.5%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Šakvice. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Břeclav" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 3–4.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.