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Bohnice

District of Prague, Czechia

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Bohnice (Czech pronunciation: [ˈboɦɲɪtsɛ]) is a cadastral district in Prague 8, Czechia, some 5 km north of the city centre. It is home to a psychiatric hospital and a large tenement housing estate in which all the streets are named after cities or regions of Poland.

01Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	385	,
1880	424	+10.1%
1890	548	+29.2%
1900	679	+23.9%
1910	2,264	+233.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	3,150	+39.1%
1930	4,797	+52.3%
1950	4,586	−4.4%
1961	2,704	−41.0%
1970	1,908	−29.4%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	20,561	+977.6%
1991	20,395	−0.8%
2001	18,834	−7.7%
2011	17,416	−7.5%
2021	16,444	−5.6%

Source: Censuses

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