Litvínovice

Litvínovice (German: Leitnowitz) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.

Litvínovice
Municipality
Chapel
Flag Coat of arms
Litvínovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 48°57′44″N 14°27′5″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Bohemian
District	České Budějovice
First mentioned	1259
Area
• Total	5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Elevation	389 m (1,276 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)[1]
• Total	2,793
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	370 01
Website	www.litvinovice.cz

Administrative division

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

• Litvínovice (1,207)
• Mokré (614)
• Šindlovy Dvory (829)

Geography

Litvínovice is located about 1 kilometre (1 mi) west of České Budějovice. It lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The highest point is at 458 m (1,503 ft) above sea level. In the centre of the village is a system of fishponds, supplied by a local brook.

On 11 February 1929, the lowest temperature ever in the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia of -42.2 °C was recorded in Litvínovice.^[3]

History

The first written mention of Litvínovice is in a deed of Vok I of Rosenberg from 1259.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 546 —     1880 566 +3.7% 1890 684 +20.8% 1900 704 +2.9% 1910 937 +33.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 824 −12.1% 1930 910 +10.4% 1950 764 −16.0% 1961 921 +20.5% 1970 858 −6.8%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 821 −4.3% 1991 854 +4.0% 2001 1,107 +29.6% 2011 2,215 +100.1% 2021 2,650 +19.6%
Source: Censuses[5][6]

Transport

The I/3 road (part of the European route E55), specifically the section from České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border in Dolní Dvořiště, runs through the municipality.

Sights

There are two protected cultural monuments: a stone niche chapel from 1834 and a water tank from 1875.^[7]