Roudnice
{{distinguish|Roudnice nad Labem}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Roudnice
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Venkovská usedlost (Roudnice), Roudnice 12.JPG
| image_caption = Homestead, a cultural monument
| image_flag = Flag of Roudnice.svg
| image_shield = CoA of Roudnice.svg
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CZE}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Hradec Králové
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Hradec Králové
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Czech Republic
| pushpin_relief = 1
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic
| coordinates = {{coord|50|10|34|N|15|39|6|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1384
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 11.08
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 235
| population_as_of = 2025-01-01
| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}
| population_total = 808
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = CEST
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 503 27
| area_code_type =
| area_code =
| website = {{URL|https://www.obecroudnice.cz/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Roudnice is a municipality and village in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
Etymology
The name is derived from the red shades of colour (in Czech rudá) of the water in the eponymous local brook, caused by the ore subsoil.{{cite web |title=Historie obce Roudnice|url=https://www.obecroudnice.cz/obec-7/historie-obce/|publisher=Obec Roudnice|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-10}}
Geography
Roudnice is located about {{convert|12|km|0}} west of Hradec Králové. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the East Elbe Table. There are several lakes created by flooding sand-gravel quarries. The brook Roudnický potok flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Roudnice is from 1384. At the end of the 14th century at the latest, a fortress was built north of the village. In 1513, it was acquired by the Pernštejn family and merged with the Pardubice estate. From 1560 until the abolition of serfdom in 1848, it was a property of the royal chamber.
Demographics
{{historical populations
|align=none|cols=3
|1869|896
|1880|1014
|1890|959
|1900|922
|1910|882
|1921|867
|1930|862
|1950|604
|1961|569
|1970|568
|1980|528
|1991|491
|2001|511
|2011|622
|2021|656
|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}
Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights
Roudnice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are two Neoclassical homesteads.{{cite web |title=Výsledky vyhledávání: Kulturní památky, obec Roudnice|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/uskp/podle-relevance/1/seznam/?kraj=52&okres=521&obec=570745&chranenoTed=1&hlObj=1&fulltext|work=Ústřední seznam kulturních památek|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2024-07-10}}
Notable people
- Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (1789/1793–1860), musician and teacher
References
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External links
{{commons category|Roudnice}}
- {{official|https://www.obecroudnice.cz/}}
{{Hradec Králové District}}
{{authority control}}