Mochtín

Municipality in Plzeň, Czech Republic

49°21′38″N 13°21′25″E / 49.36056°N 13.35694°E / 49.36056; 13.35694Country

Czech RepublicRegionPlzeňDistrictKlatovyFirst mentioned1398Area

• Total23.97 km² (9.25 sq mi)Elevation

450 m (1,480 ft)Population

(2024-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,174 • Density49/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

339 01

Websitewww.mochtin.cz

Mochtín is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Mochtín lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) south-east of Klatovy, 43 km (27 mi) south of Plzeň, and 112 km (70 mi) south-west of Prague.

Administrative parts

The villages and hamlets of Bystré, Hoštice, Hoštičky, Kocourov, Lhůta, Nový Čestín, Srbice, Těšetiny and Újezdec are administrative parts of Mochtín.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,933	—
1880	2,037	+5.4%
1890	1,776	−12.8%
1900	1,725	−2.9%
1910	1,780	+3.2%
1921	1,760	−1.1%
1930	1,726	−1.9%
1950	1,054	−38.9%
1961	1,172	+11.2%
1970	1,119	−4.5%
1980	1,059	−5.4%
1991	967	−8.7%
2001	919	−5.0%
2011	962	+4.7%
2021	1,140	+18.5%
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 Klatovy" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 19–20.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.