Košetice

Municipality in Vysočina, Czech Republic

Flag

Coat of arms

49°33′30″N 15°6′59″E / 49.55833°N 15.11639°E / 49.55833; 15.11639Country

Czech RepublicRegion Vysočina District PelhřimovFirst mentioned1352Area

• Total12.92 km² (4.99 sq mi)Elevation

520 m (1,710 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total763 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codes

394 22, 395 01

Websitewww.kosetice.cz

Košetice (German: Koschetitz) is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Košetice lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Pelhřimov, 40 km (25 mi) north-west of Jihlava, and 77 km (48 mi) south-east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Nová Ves is an administrative part of Košetice.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,257	—
1880	1,189	−5.4%
1890	1,209	+1.7%
1900	1,151	−4.8%
1910	1,047	−9.0%
1921	982	−6.2%
1930	943	−4.0%
1950	768	−18.6%
1961	751	−2.2%
1970	671	−10.7%
1980	722	+7.6%
1991	757	+4.8%
2001	715	−5.5%
2011	702	−1.8%
2021	693	−1.3%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

Notable people

Harry Duda (born 1944), Polish poet

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Pelhřimov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 7–8.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.