There is no doubt that military areas affect their surroundings in many ways. This article describes the influence of a military area on a municipal population using the concrete example of the municipality of Milovice and the Mladá military area.
The first part outlines population development in the municipality while different armies were present in the area between 1904 and 1991. The main part of the article focuses on population development in the town of Milovice, its age-sex structure, and natural movement and migration after the abolition of the military area in 1992.