Orel (Chrudim District)

Orel
Municipality
Church of Saint George
Flag Coat of arms
Orel Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°55′10″N15°50′21″E / 49.91944°N 15.83917°E / 49.91944; 15.83917
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Pardubice
District	Chrudim
First mentioned	1360
Area
• Total	6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
Elevation	275 m (902 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01) [1]
• Total	803
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	537 01, 538 21
Website	www.obecorel.cz

Orel is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.

Administrative division

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

• Orel (769)
• Tři Bubny (2)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	564	—
1880	601	+6.6%
1890	737	+22.6%
1900	811	+10.0%
1910	929	+14.5%
1921	869	−6.5%
1930	890	+2.4%
1950	814	−8.5%
1961	817	+0.4%
1970	741	−9.3%
1980	710	−4.2%
1991	658	−7.3%
2001	689	+4.7%
2011	737	+7.0%
2021	771	+4.6%
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