Zlončice is a municipality and village in
Mělník District
Mělník District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Mělník.
Administrative division
Mělník District is divided into three Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities wit ...
in the
Central Bohemian Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 600 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Zlončice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
*Zlončice (606)
*Dolánky (45)
Etymology
The village was originally named Znojčice. The name was derived from the personal name Znoj, meaning "the village of Znoj's people". Due to the proximity of the similarly named village
Zlonice
Zlonice is a market town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Zlonice consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census ...
, the name was distorted to Zlončice.
Geography
Zlončice 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 in 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 ...
. It is situated on a river terrace on the right bank of the
Vltava
The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is com ...
River.
History
The first written mention of Zlončice is from 1052.
A part of Zlončice was badly damaged by the
2002 European floods
In August 2002, a week of intense rainfall produced flooding across a large portion of Europe. It reached the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Russia. The event killed 2 ...
.
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Demographics
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.
References
External links
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Villages in Mělník District