Hromnice is a municipality and village in
Plzeň-North District in the
Plzeň Region
Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň Reg ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 1,300 inhabitants.
Hromnice lies approximately north-east of
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
and west of
Prague
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.
Administrative parts
The villages of Chotiná, Kostelec, Nynice, Planá and Žichlice are administrative parts of Hromnice.
Demographics
Notable people
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Jan Sobota Jan Bohuslav Sobota (c. 1939–2012) was a Czechoslovakian-born fine bookbinder. He is known for his often playful sculptural bindings that transform the book into a three-dimensional work of art. He is known for books of all sizes, including a sign ...
(1939–2012), fine bookbinder
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Villages in Plzeň-North District
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