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Zbiroh

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Zbiroh

Total population

2,526

Elevation414 m
Land area31.94 km²
Coordinates49.86°, 13.77°

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City facts

Elevation
414 m
Area
31.94 km²
Official website
www.zbiroh.cz

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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 & geography

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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Geography

Latitude
49.8592
Longitude
13.7711
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.11
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,134

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

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
171
Avg daily Wikipedia views
6
Attention level
Obscure

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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