Prachovice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Chrudim |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.8939°N 15.6289°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1398 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.32 |
Elevation M: | 456 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1422 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 538 04 |
Prachovice is a municipality and village in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
Prachovice is known for limestone quarrying and cement production. The quarry with an area of 111.2ha is one of the largest in the country. About 1,700,000 tonnes per year is quarried.[2]