Vír

Municipality in Vysočina, Czech Republic

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49°33′27″N 16°19′25″E / 49.55750°N 16.32361°E / 49.55750; 16.32361Country

Czech RepublicRegion Vysočina District Žďár nad SázavouFirst mentioned1364Area

• Total5.33 km² (2.06 sq mi)Elevation

384 m (1,260 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total695 • Density130/km² (340/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

592 66

Websitewww.virvudolisvratky.cz

Vír (German: Wühr) is a municipality and village in Žďár nad Sázavou District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. It lies on the Svratka River.

Vír lies approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Žďár nad Sázavou, 56 kilometres (35 mi) east of Jihlava, and 149 kilometres (93 mi) south-east of Prague.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	528	—
1880	564	+6.8%
1890	514	−8.9%
1900	552	+7.4%
1910	611	+10.7%
1921	616	+0.8%
1930	717	+16.4%
1950	1,204	+67.9%
1961	1,059	−12.0%
1970	956	−9.7%
1980	853	−10.8%
1991	787	−7.7%
2001	759	−3.6%
2011	695	−8.4%
2021	671	−3.5%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Žďár nad Sázavou" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 21–22.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.