{{Infobox settlement | name = Vroutek | other_name = | settlement_type = Town <!-- images --> | image_skyline = Rudig-2010-07-23-KostelSvatehoJanaKrtitele.JPG | image_caption = Church of Saint John the Baptist | image_flag = Vroutek LN CZ flag.svg | image_shield = Vroutek znak.jpg <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CZE}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Ústí nad Labem | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Louny <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Czech Republic | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Czech Republic | coordinates = {{coord|50|13|20|N|13|28|35|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- government type, leaders --> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jaromír Kubelka | leader_party = ANO <!-- established --> | established_title = First mentioned | established_date = 1227 <!-- area --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 52.68 <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 332 <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2025-01-01 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/population-of-municipalities-t4l3n8d2iw|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2025-05-16}}</ref> | population_total = 1854 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 <!-- postal codes, area code --> | postal_code_type = Postal codes | postal_code = 439 82, 441 01 | area_code_type = | area_code = <!-- website, footnotes --> | website = {{URL|https://www.vroutek.net/}} | footnotes = }} '''Vroutek''' ({{langx|de|Rudig}}) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants.
==Administrative division== Vroutek consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=12em}} *Vroutek (1,538) *Lužec (25) *Mlýnce (59) *Mukoděly (17) *Skytaly (32) *Vesce (4) *Vidhostice (94) *Vrbička (21) {{div col end}}
==Geography== Vroutek is located about {{convert|35|km}} southwest of Louny and {{convert|48|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Plzeň. The eastern part of the municipal territory with the town proper lies in the Rakovník Uplands. The western part lies in the Doupov Mountains and includes the highest point of Vroutek, the hill Skytalský vrch at {{convert|552|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The Blšanka River flows through the southern part of the territory.
==History== The first written mention of Vroutek is from 1227, when the village was owned by Kojata IV Hrabišic. In the 14th century, it was acquired by the monastery in Postoloprty and sometime during that time it was promoted to a town. Before the Thirty Years' War, it was owned by various noble families, including the Lobkowicz family. Most of the town was destroyed by the fire in 1599. The Czernin family acquired Vroutek in 1630 and annexed it to the Petrohrad estate.<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Historie|url=https://www.vroutek.net/mesto/historie/|publisher=Město Vroutek|language=cs|access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref>
In 1645, during the Thirty Years' War, Vroutek was looted and destroyed by the Swedish army. For more than 10 years, most of the houses remained abandoned. Then the town was resettled by ethnic Germans.<ref name=history/>
==Demographics== {{historical populations |align=none|cols=3 |1869|2670 |1880|3076 |1890|3047 |1900|3331 |1910|3386 |1921|3221 |1930|3421 |1950|1938 |1961|2169 |1970|1839 |1980|1942 |1991|1922 |2001|1877 |2011|1880 |2021|1790 |source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref>}}
==Transport== Vroutek is located on the railway line Plzeň–Most.
==Culture== Vroutek is home to several open-air events, including the Rock for Churchill festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Info|publisher=Rock for Churchill 2021 – Open air festival|url=https://rfch.cz/cs/info/|website=rfch.cz|language=cs|access-date=2021-04-01}}</ref>
==Sights== thumb|Church of Saint James the Great The Church of Saint James the Great is a Romanesque building from the 1220s, modified at the end of the 16th century. It belongs to the most valuable monuments in the region. In the Middle Ages, it formed a fortified complex together with a stronghold.<ref name=history/>
The Church of Saint John the Baptist was built in the Baroque style in 1726.<ref name=history/>
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==External links== {{commons category|Vroutek}} *{{official|https://www.vroutek.net/}}
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Category:Populated places in Louny District Category:Cities and towns in the Ústí nad Labem Region