Hodonín

	Hodonín
	Town
	Town hall
Flag	Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Hodonín
Commune	Hodonín
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Coordinates	48°50′56.17″N 17°7′56″E / 48.8489361°N 17.13222°ECoordinates: 48°50′56.17″N 17°7′56″E / 48.8489361°N 17.13222°E
Area	63.05 km2 (24.34 sq mi)
Population	24,975 (1.1.2015)
Density	396/km2 (1,026/sq mi)
Founded	11th century
Mayor	Milan Lúčka
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	695 01
	Location in the Czech Republic
	Wikimedia Commons: Hodonín
	Statistics: statnisprava.cz
	Website: Hodonin.eu

See other places named Hodonín.

Hodonín (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɦodoɲiːn]; German: Göding) is a town on the River Morava in the southeast of Moravia, in the Czech Republic. It lies in the South Moravian Region. The population is 25,479 (2011).

Hodonín was first mentioned in 1046. In 1228 it became a town. In 1850 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, was born there.

In the vicinity of the town there is an oil field and a stratum of brown coal, which was formerly transported to the town of Otrokovice, a few kilometers from the city of Zlín, by the Baťa Canal, which was built by the Czech entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa and now operates as a tourist attraction.

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1890	7,616	—
1900	9,018	+18.4%
1921	13,200	+46.4%
1930	14,882	+12.7%
1950	13,572	−8.8%
1970	20,829	+53.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	25,485	+22.4%
1991	28,230	+10.8%
2001	27,361	−3.1%
2006	26,226	−4.1%
2011	25,479	−2.8%

Twin towns

Hodonín is twinned with:

Cattolica, Italy, since 5 October 1996^[1]
Jasło, Poland, since May 2006^[2]

References

↑ "Cattolica Official Website – (Cattolica's Twin Towns)". (in Italian).
↑ "Jasło Official Website – "Współpraca Międzynarodowa Jasła" (Jasło's Twin Towns)". (in Polish) [[copyright|]] 2008 Urząd Miasta w Jaśle. Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2008.

External links

Municipal website (in Czech)

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[twinning1-1] "Cattolica Official Website – (Cattolica's Twin Towns)". (in Italian).

[twinning-2] "Jasło Official Website – "Współpraca Międzynarodowa Jasła" (Jasło's Twin Towns)". (in Polish) [[copyright|]] 2008 Urząd Miasta w Jaśle. Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2008.