Buchlovice

Buchlovice
Market town
View from Buchlov Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Buchlovice Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°5′11″N 17°20′19″E / 49.08639°N 17.33861°E / 49.08639; 17.33861Coordinates: 49°5′11″N 17°20′19″E / 49.08639°N 17.33861°E / 49.08639; 17.33861
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Zlín
District	Uherské Hradiště
First mentioned	1207
Area
• Total	31.96 km2 (12.34 sq mi)
Elevation	234 m (768 ft)
Population  (2020-01-01[1])
• Total	2,421
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	687 08
Website	www.buchlovice.cz

Buchlovice (German: Buchlovitzc) is a market town in Uherské Hradiště District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants.

Buchlovice lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of Uherské Hradiště, 30 km (19 mi) south-west of Zlín, and 238 km (148 mi) south-east of Prague.

Notable people[]

• Friedrich von Berchtold (1781–1876), Austrian-Bohemian physician and botanist
• Jiří Hanák (1938–2020), journalist, editor, Charter 77 signatory

References[]

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