Bořanovice is a municipality and village in
Prague-East District
Prague-East District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Prague. The most populated town of the district is Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav.
Administrative division
Prague-East District i ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Bořanovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Bořanovice (553)
*Pakoměřice (561)
Etymology
The name is derived from the personal name Bořan (an abbreviated form of Bořivoj), meaning "the village of Bořan's people".
Geography
Bořanovice is located about north of
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...
. It lies mostly in an agricultural landscape of the
Central Elbe Table
The Central Elbe Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, but due to its size, it also extends to other regions. The axis of the plateau is the Elbe River, ...
, but the western part of the municipal territory extends into the
Prague Plateau
The Prague Plateau () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the area of Prague and in the Central Bohemian Region.
Geomorphology
The Prague Plateau is a mesoregion of the Brdy Macroregion within ...
.
History
The first written mention of Bořanovice is from 1227. Pakoměřice was first documented in 1352, when the church was mentioned.
Demographics
Transport
The I/9 road (which connects the
D8 motorway with
ÄŒeská LÃpa
ÄŒeská LÃpa (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 37,000 inhabitants, making it the most populated Czech town without city status. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monume ...
and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.
Sights
In Pakoměřice is the complex of a rural castle with the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The church was originally a Gothic building, rebuilt in the Baroque style. The castle was originally a medieval fortress which underwent Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical modifications.
References
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Villages in Prague-East District