Měděnec

Municipality in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Coat of arms

50°25′18″N 13°6′56″E / 50.42167°N 13.11556°E / 50.42167; 13.11556Country

Czech RepublicRegion Ústí nad Labem DistrictChomutovFounded1520Area

• Total12.79 km² (4.94 sq mi)Elevation

845 m (2,772 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total141 • Density11/km² (29/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

431 84

Websitewww.medenec.cz

Měděnec (German: Kupferberg) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Měděnec lies approximately 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Chomutov, 71 km (44 mi) west of Ústí nad Labem, and 101 km (63 mi) west of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages and hamlets of Horní Halže, Kamenné, Kotlina and Mýtinka are administrative parts of Měděnec.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,524	—
1880	2,866	+13.5%
1890	2,916	+1.7%
1900	3,087	+5.9%
1910	2,982	−3.4%
1921	2,603	−12.7%
1930	2,849	+9.5%
1950	831	−70.8%
1961	270	−67.5%
1970	236	−12.6%
1980	282	+19.5%
1991	170	−39.7%
2001	155	−8.8%
2011	137	−11.6%
2021	141	+2.9%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Chomutov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 9–10.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.