Dlouhoňovice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ústí nad Orlicí |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.0703°N 16.4417°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1543 |
Area Total Km2: | 3.90 |
Elevation M: | 416 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 822 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 564 01 |
Dlouhoňovice is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants.
According to one theory, the name is derived from the personal name Dlúhoň, meaning "the village of Dlúhoň's people".[2] According to another theory, the name is derived from Czech: dlouhé hony, which denoted long narrow fields.[3]
Dlouhoňovice is located about 11km (07miles) north of Ústí nad Orlicí and 46km (29miles) east of Pardubice. It lies in the Orlické Foothills. The highest point is at 510m (1,670feet) above sea level.
The first written mention of Dlouhoňovice is from 1543.[2] The village was probably founded in the 14th century.[3]
The railway station named Žamberk, which serves this town, is located in the territory of Dlouhoňovice. It lies on the railway line heading from Hradec Králové to Letohrad.[4]
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[5]