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Chraštice
Chraštice
Municipality
	Chraštičky, a part of Chraštice
	Chraštice Location in the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°34′37″N 14°4′19″E / 49.57694°N 14.07194°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
District	Příbram
First mentioned	1260
Area
• Total	6.65 km2 (2.57 sq mi)
Elevation	546 m (1,791 ft)
Population (2024-01-01)
• Total	244
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	262 72
Website	www.obec-chrastice.cz

Chraštice is a municipality and village in Příbram District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts

The village of Chraštičky is an administrative part of Chraštice.

Geography

Chraštice is located about 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Příbram and 54 km (34 mi) southwest of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is the low hill Skalky at 563 m (1,847 ft) above sea level. There are three fishponds in the municipal territory.

History

The first written mention of Chraštice is from 1260.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	560	—
1880	562	+0.4%
1890	555	−1.2%
1900	498	−10.3%
1910	458	−8.0%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	451	−1.5%
1930	442	−2.0%
1950	345	−21.9%
1961	337	−2.3%
1970	278	−17.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	275	−1.1%
1991	240	−12.7%
2001	222	−7.5%
2011	213	−4.1%
2021	235	+10.3%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Transport

The D4 motorway from Prague to Písek and the parallel I/4 road run through the municipality.

Sights

The main landmark of Chraštice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is a valuable early Gothic church from the 13th century, which was partly rebuilt in the Baroque style and extended into its current form in 1723–1724.^[5]

A historically valuable building is the former fortress from the 14th century, later rebuilt into an inn.^[6]