Tuchořice

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Tuchořice
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Tuchořice
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Tuchořice is located in Czech Republic
Tuchořice
Tuchořice
Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°17′5″N 13°39′45″E / 50.28472°N 13.66250°E / 50.28472; 13.66250Coordinates: 50°17′5″N 13°39′45″E / 50.28472°N 13.66250°E / 50.28472; 13.66250
Country Czech Republic
RegionÚstí nad Labem
DistrictLouny
First mentioned1239
Area
 • Total23.18 km2 (8.95 sq mi)
Elevation
301 m (988 ft)
Population
 (2021-01-01)[1]
 • Total685
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
438 01, 439 69
Websitewww.tuchorice.cz

Tuchořice is a municipality and village in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants.

Tuchořice lies approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-west of Louny, 50 km (31 mi) south-west of Ústí nad Labem, and 59 km (37 mi) west of Prague.

Administrative parts[]

Miocenní sladkovodní vápence natural monument

Villages of Nečemice and Třeskonice are administrative parts of Tuchořice.

Paleontology[]

Tuchořice is a paleontological site with Miocene lacustrine limestone deposits. Some 90 species of molluscs were found in this site. The majority of those species are land snails and some of them were originally described from Tuchořice.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2021". Czech Statistical Office. 2021-04-30.
  2. ^ Chlupáč, Ivo; et al. (2002). Geologická minulost České republiky (in Czech). Prague: Academia. pp. 318–319. ISBN 80-200-0914-0.


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