Cehnice

Cehnice is a municipality and village in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

Cehnice
Municipality
Chapel in the centre of Cehnice
Flag Coat of arms
Cehnice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°12′55″N 14°1′46″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	Strakonice
First mentioned	1342
Area
• Total	14.69 km2 (5.67 sq mi)
Elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	511
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	387 52
Website	www.cehnice.cz

Cehnice lies approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Strakonice, 43 km (27 mi) north-west of České Budějovice, and 101 km (63 mi) south of Prague.

Administrative division

Cehnice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):^[2]

• Cehnice (451)
• Dunovice (65)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,012	—
1880	1,030	+1.8%
1890	1,004	−2.5%
1900	953	−5.1%
1910	892	−6.4%
1921	931	+4.4%
1930	840	−9.8%
1950	651	−22.5%
1961	649	−0.3%
1970	592	−8.8%
1980	561	−5.2%
1991	520	−7.3%
2001	438	−15.8%
2011	473	+8.0%
2021	516	+9.1%
Source: Censuses[3][4]