LitvÃnovice () is a municipality and village in
České Budějovice District in the
South Bohemian Region
The South Bohemian Region () is an administrative unit (''Regions of the Czech Republic, kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Administrative division
LitvÃnovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*LitvÃnovice (1,207)
*Mokré (614)
*Å indlovy Dvory (829)
Geography
LitvÃnovice is located about west of
České Budějovice
České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše.
České Budějovice is the largest ...
. It lies in the
České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is at above sea level. In the centre of the village is a system of fishponds, supplied by a local brook.
On 11 February 1929, the lowest temperature ever in the Czech Republic and
Czechoslovakia
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of -42.2 °C was recorded in LitvÃnovice.
History
The first written mention of LitvÃnovice is in a deed of Vok I of Rosenberg from 1259.
Demographics
Transport
The I/3 road (part of the
European route E55), specifically the section from České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border in
Dolnà Dvořiště, runs through the municipality.
Sights
There are two protected cultural monuments: a stone niche chapel from 1834 and a water tank from 1875.
References
External links
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Villages in České Budějovice District