Roudnice - Wikipedia

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Roudnice
Municipality
Homestead, a cultural monument
Flag Coat of arms
Roudnice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°10′34″N 15°39′6″E / 50.17611°N 15.65167°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
District	Hradec Králové
First mentioned	1384
Area
• Total	11.08 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01)[1]
• Total	838
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	503 27
Website	www.obecroudnice.cz

Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

The name is derived from the red shades of colour (in Czech rudá) of the water in the eponymous local brook, caused by the ore subsoil.^[2]

Roudnice is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Hradec Králové. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the East Elbe Table. There are several lakes created by flooding sand-gravel quarries. The brook Roudnický potok flows through the municipality.

The first written mention of Roudnice is from 1384. At the end of the 14th century at the latest, a fortress was built north of the village. In 1513, it was acquired by the Pernštejn family and merged with the Pardubice estate. From 1560 until the abolition of serfdom in 1848, it was a property of the royal chamber.^[2]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 896 —     1880 1,014 +13.2% 1890 959 −5.4% 1900 922 −3.9% 1910 882 −4.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 867 −1.7% 1930 862 −0.6% 1950 604 −29.9% 1961 569 −5.8% 1970 568 −0.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 528 −7.0% 1991 491 −7.0% 2001 511 +4.1% 2011 622 +21.7% 2021 656 +5.5%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Roudnice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are two Neoclassical homesteads.^[5]

• Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (1789/1793–1860), musician and teacher

• Official website