Staré Město (Bruntál District)

Municipality in Moravian-Silesian, Czech Republic

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50°0′13″N 17°25′56″E / 50.00361°N 17.43222°E / 50.00361; 17.43222Country

Czech RepublicRegionMoravian-SilesianDistrict BruntálFirst mentioned1377Area

• Total24.25 km² (9.36 sq mi)Elevation

540 m (1,770 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total911 • Density38/km² (97/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

793 33

Websitewww.obecstaremesto.cz

Staré Město (Czech pronunciation: [ˈstarɛː ˈmɲɛsto]; German: Altstadt) is a municipality and village in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Nová Véska is an administrative part of Staré Město.

History

The first written mention of Staré Město is from 1377.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,384	—
1880	1,501	+8.5%
1890	1,517	+1.1%
1900	1,413	−6.9%
1910	1,300	−8.0%
1921	1,325	+1.9%
1930	1,460	+10.2%
1950	752	−48.5%
1961	762	+1.3%
1970	680	−10.8%
1980	743	+9.3%
1991	647	−12.9%
2001	670	+3.6%
2011	811	+21.0%
2021	843	+3.9%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historie obce Staré Město" (in Czech). Obec Staré Město. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.