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

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of the

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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

Česká Lípa Česká Lípa (; ) 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boranovice Villages in Prague-East District