Popice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Moravian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Břeclav |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 48.9272°N 16.6667°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1291 |
Area Total Km2: | 9.99 |
Elevation M: | 188 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 993 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 691 27 |
Popice is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Popice lies approximately 25km (16miles) north-west of Břeclav, 31km (19miles) south of Brno, and 208km (129miles) south-east of Prague.
The first written mention of Popice is from 1291, when the village was sold to the convent in Dolní Kounice.[2]