Olešná (Pelhřimov District)

Municipality in Vysočina, Czech Republic

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49°26′45″N 15°15′49″E / 49.44583°N 15.26361°E / 49.44583; 15.26361Country

Czech RepublicRegion Vysočina District PelhřimovFirst mentioned1379Area

• Total12.74 km² (4.92 sq mi)Elevation

517 m (1,696 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total565 • Density44/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

393 01

Websitewww.olesna.cz

Olešná is a municipality and village in Pelhřimov District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Olešná lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) east of Pelhřimov, 25 km (16 mi) west of Jihlava, and 94 km (58 mi) south-east of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages of Chválov, Plevnice and Řemenov are administrative parts of Olešná.

The first written mention of Olešná is from 1379.^[2]

From 1 January 1980 to 23 November 1990, Olešná, Chválov, Plevnice and Řemenov were administrative parts of Pelhřimov.^[3]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historie obce Olešná" (in Czech). Obec Olešná. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011: Abecední přehled obcí a částí obcí" (PDF) (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 195, 394, 428, 495.
^ "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.