Spojil

Municipality in Pardubice, Czech Republic

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50°2′32″N 15°49′19″E / 50.04222°N 15.82194°E / 50.04222; 15.82194Country

Czech RepublicRegionPardubiceDistrictPardubiceFounded1785Area

• Total1.75 km² (0.68 sq mi)Elevation

221 m (725 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total533 • Density300/km² (790/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

530 02

Websitewww.spojil.cz

Spojil is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Geography

Spojil forms an enclave in the territory of the city of Pardubice. It lies in a flat landscape of the East Elbe Table.

Spojil is among the youngest villages in the region. It was founded in 1785 at the site of two former fish ponds named Spojil and Strejček.^[2]

The village was part of Pardubice from 1961 until 1991.^[3]

Historical population

Source: Censuses^[4]^[5]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

There is only one minor sight, the Chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary built in 1868.^[6]

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Starší historie obce" (in Czech). Obec Spojil. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. p. 526.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Pardubice" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 13–14.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
^ "Kaplička" (in Czech). Obec Spojil. Retrieved 2021-10-13.