Jistebnice

Jistebnice (German: Gistebnitz, older Gistebing[1]) is a town and municipality (obec) in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Jistebnice
Municipality
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Jistebnice
Coordinates: 49°29′20″N 14°32′10″E
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Bohemian
DistrictTábor
Area
  Total57.94 km2 (22.37 sq mi)
Elevation
578 m (1,896 ft)
Population
 (2015)
  Total2,009
  Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Postal code
391 31 to 391 33
Websitehttp://www.jistebnice.cz

The municipality covers an area of 57.94 square kilometres (22.37 sq mi), and has a population of 2,012 (as at 2 October 2006).

Jistebnice lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Tábor, 58 km (36 mi) north of České Budějovice, and 67 km (42 mi) south of Prague.

Jistebnice became a town for the first time before 1654.[2] It lost this statute after 1945 and it became a town again on 17 October 2011.[3]

References

Specific
  1. http://gauss.suub.uni-bremen.de/suub/hist/index.jsp?id=V.2.a.235-137a
  2. Kuča, Karel (1997). Města a městečka v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku, 2. díl [Cities and market towns in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, vol. 2] (in Czech). Prague: Libri, s.r.o. ISBN 80-85983-14-1.
  3. Rozhodnutí č. 23 předsedkyně Poslanecké sněmovny



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