Vlačice

49°56′35″N 15°26′15″E / 49.94306°N 15.43750°E / 49.94306; 15.43750Country Czech RepublicRegionCentral BohemianDistrictKutná HoraFirst mentioned1189Area • Total5.27 km² (2.03 sq mi)Elevation224 m (735 ft)Population • Total251 • Density48/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeWebsitewww.vlacice.cz

Vlačice is a municipality and village in Kutná Hora District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

The village of Výčapy is an administrative part of Vlačice.

The initial name of the village was most likely Vladčice. The name was derived from the personal name Vladko (a shortened form of Vladislav), meaning "the village of Vladko's people".^[2]

Vrdy is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Kutná Hora and 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Pardubice. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape of the Central Elbe Table. The Doubrava River flows along the eatsern municipal border.

The first written mention of Vlačice is from 1189, when it was owned by nobleman Hroznata of Peruc. Výčapy was first mentioned in 1277. From 1279 at the latest until the Hussite Wars, Vlačice belonged to the monastery in Vilémov, then the village was acquired by Emperor Sigismund. He donated the village to the Trčka of Lípa family, which owned Vlačice for more than 100 years. Among the next owners were various less important noblemen. From 1612 until the establishment of a sovereign municipality in 1848, Vlačice was a part of the Žehušice estate.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 399 —     1880 365 −8.5% 1890 342 −6.3% 1900 425 +24.3% 1910 420 −1.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 455 +8.3% 1930 437 −4.0% 1950 341 −22.0% 1961 389 +14.1% 1970 356 −8.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 336 −5.6% 1991 280 −16.7% 2001 263 −6.1% 2011 249 −5.3% 2021 244 −2.0%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

The northern part of the municipality with both villages belongs to a landscape monument zone called Žehušicko. It is a uniquely preserved document of Baroque urbanism and a Baroque composed landscape. Otherwise, there are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.^[6]