Uhelná

Municipality in Olomouc, Czech Republic

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50°21′54″N 17°1′39″E / 50.36500°N 17.02750°E / 50.36500; 17.02750Country

Czech RepublicRegionOlomoucDistrict JeseníkFirst mentioned1290Area

• Total22.49 km² (8.68 sq mi)Elevation

276 m (906 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total469 • Density21/km² (54/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codes

790 65, 790 70

Websitewww.uhelna.cz

Uhelná (until 1948 Serksdorf; German: Sörgsdorf) is a municipality and village in Jeseník District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Uhelná lies approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Jeseník, 87 km (54 mi) north of Olomouc, and 188 km (117 mi) east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages and hamlets of Červený Důl, Dolní Fořt, Horní Fořt, Hraničky and Nové Vilémovice are administrative parts of Uhelná.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,094	—
1880	2,121	+1.3%
1890	2,023	−4.6%
1900	1,825	−9.8%
1910	1,790	−1.9%
1921	1,729	−3.4%
1930	1,792	+3.6%
1950	715	−60.1%
1961	790	+10.5%
1970	643	−18.6%
1980	556	−13.5%
1991	531	−4.5%
2001	549	+3.4%
2011	503	−8.4%
2021	477	−5.2%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

Notable people

Robert Latzel (1845–1919), Austrian myriapodologist and entomologist

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Jeseník" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 5–6.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.