Těchonín

Municipality in Pardubice, Czech Republic

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50°3′54″N 16°37′5″E / 50.06500°N 16.61806°E / 50.06500; 16.61806Country

Czech RepublicRegionPardubiceDistrict Ústí nad OrlicíFirst mentioned1543Area

• Total18.99 km² (7.33 sq mi)Elevation

494 m (1,621 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total593 • Density31/km² (81/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

561 66

Websitewww.techonin.cz

Těchonín (German: Linsdorf) is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The villages of Celné and Stanovník are administrative parts of Těchonín.

Economy

A BSL-4 biosafety facility, Centre of Biological Protection, is located here.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,850	—
1880	1,949	+5.4%
1890	1,908	−2.1%
1900	1,522	−20.2%
1910	1,476	−3.0%
1921	1,274	−13.7%
1930	1,267	−0.5%
1950	1,175	−7.3%
1961	1,003	−14.6%
1970	757	−24.5%
1980	836	+10.4%
1991	702	−16.0%
2001	646	−8.0%
2011	582	−9.9%
2021	583	+0.2%
Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Biological Defence Department at Techonin". Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Ústí nad Orlicí" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 13–14.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.