Hořice
Sign in to saveHořice (; ) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,500 inhabitants. The history of the town is connected to the stone mining in the area, which caused its economic growth. The town is known for its secondary school of applied arts and for the production of the traditional confectionery Hořické trubičky.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hořice
- Region
- Královéhradecký kraj
- Country
- Česko
- Population
- 8,476
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hořice
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Hořice-Maria-column2011a.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jiřího z Poděbrad Square
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Horice.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Znak města Hořice.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hradec Králové
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Jičín
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Czech Republic
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Martin Pour
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1143
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Hořice
- Population
- 8783
- Area
- 21.432187
- Elevation
- 311
- Headquarters
- Hořice
- Official website
- www.horice.org
- Image
- Hořice - morový sloup na náměstí.jpg
- Licence plate code
- H
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- Commons category
- Hořice
- postal code
- 508 01
- Commons gallery
- Hořice
- time of earliest written record
- 1143-01-17
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P6482
- Hořice
- number of houses
- 2256
- mean age
- 45.5
- P8168
- Taua
- P12749
- December 10
- number of viewers/listeners
- 339604
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Hořice (; ) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,500 inhabitants. The history of the town is connected to the stone mining in the area, which caused its economic growth. The town is known for its secondary school of applied arts and for the production of the traditional confectionery Hořické trubičky.
==Administrative division== Hořice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Hořice (7,576) Březovice (92) Chlum (124) Chvalina (63) Doubrava (56) Libonice (274) Svatogothardská Lhota (0)
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