Brno-jih (lit. 'Brno-South') is a city district of
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. The current city district was established on 24 November 1990. It is made up of the cadastral territories of
Dolní Heršpice,
Horní Heršpice,
Komárov,
Přízřenice and a small part of
Trnitá. The total area amounts to 12.77 km
2. About 9,000 people live here.
Demographics
As of the
2021 census, the population is 9,258, down 4% from 9,690 in the
2011 census.
Administration
On September 12, 2010, a local referendum on separation from Brno and the creation of a new municipality of Dolní Heršpice-Přízřenice was held in Dolní Heršpice and Přízřenice, however it did not succeed.
After the municipal elections in 2014, Daniel Kypr was elected mayor (ANO 2011). He was dismissed in December 2017 and Zdeněk Rotrekl (Chance for the South), who died in May 2018, was elected as the new mayor.
[{{Cite web , last=Halalová , first=Jolana , title=Zdeněk Rotrekl, mayor of Brno-jih, died , url=https://brnensky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/zemrel-zdenek-rotrekl-starosta-brna-jihu-20180513.html , publisher=ihned.cz] Josef Haluza (ČSSD), who held this position from 2010 to 2014, was elected mayor at the constituent assembly meeting in autumn 2018.
References
Neighbourhoods in the Czech Republic
Brno
City districts of Brno