Vilémovice | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | South Moravian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Blansko |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 49.3639°N 16.7467°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1267 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.23 |
Elevation M: | 497 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 345 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 679 06 |
Vilémovice is a municipality and village in Blansko District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Vilémovice is located about 7km (04miles) east of Blansko and 19km (12miles) north of Brno. It lies in the Drahany Highlands. The highest point is at 543m (1,781feet) above sea level. Vilémovice lies in the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area. Macocha Gorge, the deepest sinkhole of its kind in Central Europe, is located in the municipal territory.
The first written mention of Vilémovice is from 1267. The village was divided into two parts, one belonging to the Holštejn estate and one belonging to the Blansko estate.[2]
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
There are no protected cultural monuments in the municipality.[3] The main landmark of Vilémovice is the Chapel of Saint Peter of Alcántara. It was built in 1725.[2]