Plchovice | |
|---|---|
 Road through the village | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Plchovice Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°2′42″N 16°10′53″E / 50.04500°N 16.18139°E | |
| Country |  Czech Republic |
| Region | Pardubice |
| District | Ústí nad Orlicí |
| First mentioned | 1342 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Population (2023-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 64 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 565 01 |
| Website | www |
Plchovice (German: Pilchowitz) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 60 inhabitants.
Plchovice lies approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, 29 km (18 mi) east of Pardubice, and 126 km (78 mi) east of Prague.
Administrative parts
The village of Smetana is an administrative part of Plchovice.
Sights
A technical monument is the underground water channel, which runs under the west part of the village. It was built by Count František Kinsky in 1853 to bring water to fields near Plchovice. After the completion of the channel, the fields were rented to Plchovice's farmers. The water in the channel comes from the Tichá Orlice river and nearby Jordán brook. The channel is 3.1 m (10 ft) wide and 1.3 m (4.3 ft) high and the length counts 145 m (476 ft).[2]
References
- ↑ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
- ↑ "Vodní kanál zavodňovací" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
