Valy (Cheb District)

Municipality in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

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49°58′37″N 12°39′17″E / 49.97694°N 12.65472°E / 49.97694; 12.65472Country

Czech RepublicRegionKarlovy VaryDistrictChebFirst mentioned1788Area

• Total4.30 km² (1.66 sq mi)Elevation

555 m (1,821 ft)Population

(2023-01-01)^[1]

• Total482 • Density110/km² (290/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

353 01

Websitewww.obecvaly.cz

Valy (until 1947 Šance; German: Schanz) is a municipality and village in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. The rural area in the northern part of the municipality is a part of spa cultural landscape of Mariánské Lázně, which is protected as an urban monument reservation.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1869	427	—
1880	558	+30.7%
1890	675	+21.0%
1900	551	−18.4%
1910	614	+11.4%
1921	541	−11.9%
1930	588	+8.7%
1950	207	−64.8%
1961	268	+29.5%
1970	253	−5.6%
1980	249	−1.6%
1991	290	+16.5%
2001	305	+5.2%
2011	419	+37.4%
2021	468	+11.7%
Source: Censuses^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Cheb" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 17–18.
^ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.