Babice (Prachatice District)

Babice
Municipality
Centre of Babice
Flag Coat of arms
Babice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°1′29″N14°14′15″E / 49.02472°N 14.23750°E / 49.02472; 14.23750
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Prachatice
First mentioned	1259
Area
• Total	5.80 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation	447 m (1,467 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01) [1]
• Total	160
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	384 11
Website	www.babicept.cz

Babice (German : Bowitz) is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Babice lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) east of Prachatice, 20 km (12 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 119 km (74 mi) south of Prague.

Geography

Babice is located north of Blanský les in the valley of the Lužický potok.

Neighbouring villages are Hlodačky to the north, Mahouš to the northeast, Zvěřetice and Sedlovice to the east, Radošovice and Strýčice to the southeast, Chvalovice to the south, Dolní Chrášťany to the southeast and Lužice and Netolice to the northwest.

Administrative division

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

• Babice (103)
• Zvěřetice (31)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	295	—
1880	316	+7.1%
1890	269	−14.9%
1900	253	−5.9%
1910	271	+7.1%
1921	276	+1.8%
1930	254	−8.0%
1950	160	−37.0%
1961	143	−10.6%
1970	117	−18.2%
1980	65	−44.4%
1991	62	−4.6%
2001	78	+25.8%
2011	88	+12.8%
2021	134	+52.3%
Source: Censuses [3] [4]

References

1. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". Czech Statistical Office. 2025-05-16.
2. "Public Census 2021 – basic data". Public Database (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2022.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.

External links

• Official website