Vamberk

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Vamberk

Total population

4,123

Elevation320 m

Land area21.02 km²

Coordinates50.12°, 16.29°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vamberk is a town in Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. The town is located on the Zdobnice River, on the border between the Orlice Table and Orlické Foothills. Vamberk has a long tradition in lace production.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Zbyněk Žalman

Czech member of Czech National Council and politician

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Jiří Pelikán

Czech-Argentine chess player

Karel Vašátko

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Stanislav Rázl

Czech minister of planning of the CR, vice prime minister of the Czech Republic, member of Czech National Council, prime minister of the CR, politician and manager

Václav Alois Jung

Czech essayist, publicist, writer and university educator

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Zdeněk Bezděk

Czechoslovak politician

František Chaloupka

Czechoslovak politician (1869-1951)

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František Hrobař

Czech botanist, ecologist, educator, science writer and zoologist (1893–1985)

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František Marek

Czech architect (1899–1971)

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František Řehák

Czech politician (1924–2005)

Gabriel Blažek

Czech banker and mathematician (1842-1910)

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Jaroslav Doleček

Czech director (1928-2017)

Jaroslav Hýbl

Czech university educator (1882-1950)

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Josef Marek

Czechoslovak politician with the Czechoslovak People's Party

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Marcel Kubec

Czechoslovak politician

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Pravoslav Nosek

Czech politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hradec Králové

• Jivany
  51.6 mi away · pop. 88
• Piancaldoli
  467.1 mi away · pop. 143
• Marradi
  471.7 mi away · pop. 3,617
• Istia-Sigliola-Greta
  475.5 mi away · pop. 93
• Casanuova
  476.2 mi away · pop. 43
• Traversa
  477 mi away · pop. 160
• Montepiano
  480.9 mi away · pop. 599
• Luco Mugello
  481.1 mi away · pop. 1,114
• Galliano
  482.5 mi away · pop. 1,122
• Sasseta
  482.9 mi away · pop. 275
• Pavana
  483 mi away · pop. 414
• Vicchio
  483.7 mi away · pop. 7,145

Browse all places in Hradec Králové →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Blue Band Brittlegill

Russula chloroides

Seen 2026-09-24

Copper Greenclock Beetle

Poecilus cupreus

Seen 2026-09-24

Strawberry Seed Beetle

Harpalus rufipes

Seen 2026-09-24

rooting shank

Oudemansiella radicata

Seen 2026-09-23

Orange-latex Milky

Lactarius deterrimus

Seen 2026-09-23

Brown Roll-Rim

Paxillus involutus

Seen 2026-09-23

weeping widow

Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

Seen 2026-09-23

Sulphur Tuft

Hypholoma fasciculare

Seen 2026-09-23

Branched Bur-reed

Sparganium erectum

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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