Sebranice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pardubice |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Svitavy |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.7714°N 16.2492°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1347 |
Area Total Km2: | 11.69 |
Elevation M: | 482 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 984 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Postal Code: | 569 62, 572 01 |
Sebranice is a municipality and village in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
The hamlet of Vysoký Les is an administrative part of Sebranice.
Sebranice is located about 15km (09miles) west of Svitavy and 44km (27miles) southeast of Pardubice. It lies in the Svitavy Uplands. The village lies in the valley of the stream Jalový potok.
The first written mention of Sebranice is from 1347. The municipality was created by merger of the villages of Sebranice, Pohora and Kaliště and the hamlets of Vysoký Les and Třemošná in 1950.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
The main landmark of Sebranice is the Church of Saint Nicholas. It was originally a late Gothic church from the second half of the 13th century, baroque rebuilt in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The tower was added in 1768.[3]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Sebranice is twinned with:[4]