| Borek | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Pardubice |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.1272°N 15.8567°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1436 |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.22 |
| Elevation M: | 245 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 279 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 534 01 |
Borek is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Borek is a common name of Czech settlements. The name is a diminutive of the word bor (i.e. 'pine forest') and indicates that the settlement was established on or near the site of such forest.[2]
Borek is located about 11km (07miles) north of Pardubice and 7km (04miles) south of Hradec Králové. It lies mostly in the East Elbe Table, only the northern part of the municipality extends into the Orlice Table.
The first written mention of Borek is from 1436.[3]
The D35 motorway passes through the municipality.
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[4]