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Recent population development of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic Cover

Recent population development of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 38 (2019): Issue 4 (December 2019)
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Table 1

Number of rural municipalities and inhabitants by the size of municipalities in the Czech Republic in selected years.

Population size20002017
municipalitiesinhabitantsmunicipalitiesinhabitants
Very small municipalityup to 1991,736212,2291,432178,327
Small municipality200–4991,99646,1951,992650,76
Medium-sized municipality500–9991,249874,8121,379974,837
Large municipality1 000–1 999651902,3597551,052,794
Countryside5,6262,635,5955,5582,856,718
Municipalities in the Czech Republic – Total6,25110,266,5466,25810,610,055
Share of the countryside (%)90.025.788.826.9

[i] Source: ČSÚ 2017.

Fig. 1

Very small municipalities with fewer than 200 inhabitants in the Czech Republic as at 1 January 2016.

Source: © ArcČR ARCDATA PRAHA, ZÚ, ČSÚ, 2016, own elaboration.

Fig. 2

All very small municipalities and all other municipalities in the Czech Republic’s regions as at 31 December 2016.

Source: ČSÚ 2016b, own elaboration.

Fig. 3

Percentage of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic’s regions as at 31 December 2016.

Source: ČSÚ 2016b, own elaboration.

Fig. 4

Size categories of very small municipalities according to the population as at 1 January 2017.

Source: ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Table 2

Development of all very small municipalities with fewer than 200 inhabitants, all the municipalities in the Czech Republic since 1990 and the population development.

YearAll municipalitiesMunicipalities with fewer than 200 inhabitantsTotal populationPopulation in the municipalities with fewer than 200 inhabitants
19905,7681,32810,304,607168,208
19956,2321,72310,321,344211,927
20006,2511,73610,266,546212,229
20056,2481,61410,251,079197,865
20106,2501,52410,532,770189,334
20156,2531,44410,553,843179,810

[i] Source: ČSÚ 2016a, own elaboration.

Fig. 5

Population number development in very small municipalities with fewer than 200 inhabitants and other municipalities in the Czech Republic since 1990.

Source: ČSÚ 2016a, own elaboration.

Table 3

Population growth of very small municipalities in different size categories – Population growth is calculated for all very small municipalities with the population under 200 in 2001.

Population growth≤ 0%> 0% ≤ 50%> 50%
Total%Total%Total%
1–49 inhabitants172439561420
50–99 inhabitants16134259555011
100–149 inhabitants1723133560509
150–199 inhabitants1592935464448
fewer than 200 inhabitants509309876015810

[i] Source: ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Fig. 6

Population growth of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic’s regions – Population growth is calculated for all very small municipalities with the population under 200 in 2001.

Source: ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Fig. 7

Population growth of very small municipalities from 2001 to 2016. The map presents all very small municipalities with fewer than 200 inhabitants in 2001.

Source: © ArcČR ARCDATA PRAHA, ZÚ, ČSÚ, 2016, data ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Fig. 8

Aging index of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic regions as at 1 January 2017.

Source: ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Table 4

Aging index of very small municipalities by four population size factors as at 1 January 2017.

Ageing index≤ 100%> 100% ≤ 200%> 200%
Total%Total%Total%
1–49 inhabitants162721352338
50–99 inhabitants87241674511631
100–149 inhabitants147292605110721
150–199 inhabitants14831275576213
fewer than 200 inhabitants398287235130822

[i] Source: ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Fig. 9

Aging index of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic as at 1 January 2017.

Source: © ArcČR ARCDATA PRAHA, ZÚ, ČSÚ, 2016, data ČSÚ 2017, own elaboration.

Table 5

Development of very small municipalities in the Czech Republic regions based on the comparison of the level of two indicators.

RegionPopulation growth from 2001 to 2016Aging index
%Level%Level
Central Bohemia42very high153
South Bohemia14192very high
Pilsen12168
Karlovy Vary36high130very low
Usti27slightly high147
Liberec28slightly high153
Hradec Kralove18138low
Pardubice13155
Vysočina5low172slightly high
South Moravia6slightly low188high
Olomouc11136low
Zlín3very low151
Moravia-Silesia18131very low

[i] Development: graphic/j_quageo-2019-0034_ingr_001.png – positive, graphic/j_quageo-2019-0034_ingr_002.png – negative.

[ii] Source: ČSÚ 2017, ČSÚ 2016, own elaboration.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2019-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103 (formerly 0137-477X)
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Language: English
Page range: 63 - 76
Submitted on: Feb 27, 2019
Published on: Dec 26, 2019
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
very small municipalities,
population development,
aging,
Czech Republic
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2019 Andrea Lešková, Antonín Vaishar, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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