Kouty (Nymburk District)

50°11′35″N 15°8′56″E / 50.19306°N 15.14889°E / 50.19306; 15.14889Country Czech RepublicRegionCentral BohemianDistrictNymburkFirst mentioned1345Area • Total5.59 km² (2.16 sq mi)Elevation190 m (620 ft)Population • Total330 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeWebsiteobec-kouty.kubrdom.cz

Kouty is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

The word kout (plural kouty) means 'corner'. Places were often so named after the bend of a watercourse or after the narrow end of a meadow and gradually changed from singular to plural.^[2]

Kouty is located about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Nymburk and 45 km (28 mi) east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The Blatnice Stream flows through the municipality.

The first written mention of Kouty is from 1345.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 315 —     1880 357 +13.3% 1890 436 +22.1% 1900 469 +7.6% 1910 449 −4.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 433 −3.6% 1930 482 +11.3% 1950 394 −18.3% 1961 376 −4.6% 1970 314 −16.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 303 −3.5% 1991 270 −10.9% 2001 235 −13.0% 2011 286 +21.7% 2021 336 +17.5%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Kouty is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are a Neoclassical homestead and a late Baroque gate to a homestead, both dating from the mid-19th century.^[6]