Liběšice (Louny District) - Wikipedia

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Liběšice
Municipality
Church of Saint Martin
Flag Coat of arms
Liběšice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°17′37″N 13°37′18″E / 50.29361°N 13.62167°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Ústí nad Labem
District	Louny
First mentioned	1281
Area
• Total	25.87 km2 (9.99 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	787
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	438 01, 439 63
Website	www.libesice-obec.cz

Liběšice (German: Libeschitz) is a municipality and village in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Liběšice lies approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) south-west of Louny, 51 km (32 mi) south-west of Ústí nad Labem, and 62 km (39 mi) west of Prague.

Liběšice consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	2,273	—
1880	2,358	+3.7%
1890	2,334	−1.0%
1900	2,545	+9.0%
1910	2,486	−2.3%
1921	2,393	−3.7%
1930	2,360	−1.4%
1950	1,113	−52.8%
1961	1,135	+2.0%
1970	926	−18.4%
1980	793	−14.4%
1991	645	−18.7%
2001	639	−0.9%
2011	706	+10.5%
2021	734	+4.0%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

• Oskar Brázda (1887–1977), painter; lived in Líčkov from 1925 and died there

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