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Čenkovice

Čenkovice is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. It is a centre of winter sports.

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Settlement.name: Čenkovice
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Kostel Čenkovice.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Saint Lawrence
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Cenkovice.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Čenkovice.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Pardubice
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ústí nad Orlicí
Settlement.pushpin_map: Czech Republic
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Czech Republic
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1304
Settlement.area_total_km2: 5.98
Settlement.elevation_m: 665

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Čenkovice is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. It is a centre of winter sports.

==Etymology== The initial German name of the village was Schunkendorf, meaning "Schunk(e)'s village". Already in the earliest times, the name was Czechized to Czunkendorf and then to Čenkovice.