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Zbiroh
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Zbiroh
Total population
2,526
Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Zbiroh is a town in Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
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History
The first written mention of Zbiroh is from 1230. It was a market village which was promoted to a market town in 1369. During the rule of the Rosenberg family, Zbiroh developed and acquired various rights. In 1897, Zbiroh was promoted to a town by Franz Joseph I. The first kill house in Czechoslovakia was built in 1947 in a police school in Zbiroh by World War II veterans of the Czechoslovak Army that had been trained in Great Britain.
Geography
Zbiroh is located about northeast of Rokycany and northeast of Plzeň. It lies in the Křivoklát Highlands. The highest point is the hill Kohoutov at above sea level. The stream Zbirožský potok flows through the town. Zbiroh's climate is classified as humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb; Trewartha: Dcbo). Among them, the annual average temperature is , the hottest month in July is , and the coldest month is in January. The annual precipitation is , of which June is the wettest with , while February is the driest with only . The extreme temperature throughout the year ranged from on 22 December 1969 to on 27 July 1983.
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Nearby places in Plzeň
- Drahoňův Újezd2.4 mi away · pop. 144
- Lhota pod Radčem3.5 mi away · pop. 267
- Vejvanov5.3 mi away · pop. 216
- Liblín10.9 mi away · pop. 301
- Dolní Hradiště12.8 mi away · pop. 42
- Mešno15.5 mi away · pop. 87
- Mladotice20.1 mi away · pop. 443
- Nezdřev30 mi away · pop. 116
- Kotovice30.4 mi away · pop. 150
- Velký Bor34.3 mi away · pop. 324
- Myslovice35.7 mi away · pop. 107
- Svaté Pole38.5 mi away · pop. 67
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office
- RÚIAN code
- CZ560260
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,541
- Wikidata
- Q168234
RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ČSÚ — Czech Statistical Office — RÚIAN obec ID via Wikidata P782