Mladá Boleslav District () is a

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Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

Administrative division

Mladá Boleslav District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Mladá Boleslav and Mnichovo Hradiště.

List of municipalities

Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bakov nad Jizerou - Bělá pod Bezdězem - Benátky nad Jizerou - '' Bezno'' - Bílá Hlína - Bítouchov - Boreč - Boseň - Bradlec - Branžež - Březina - '' Březno'' - Březovice - '' Brodce'' - Bukovno - Čachovice - Charvatce - Chocnějovice - '' Chotětov'' - Chudíř - Čistá - Ctiměřice - Dalovice - Dlouhá Lhota - Dobrovice - Dobšín - Dolní Bousov - Dolní Krupá - Dolní Slivno - Dolní Stakory - Domousnice - Doubravička - Horky nad Jizerou - Horní Bukovina - Horní Slivno - Hrdlořezy - Hrušov - Husí Lhota - Jabkenice - Jivina - Jizerní Vtelno - Josefův Důl - Katusice - Klášter Hradiště nad Jizerou - Kluky - Kněžmost - Kobylnice - Kochánky - Kolomuty - Koryta - Košátky - Kosmonosy - Kosořice - Kováň - Kovanec - Krásná Ves - Krnsko - Kropáčova Vrutice - Ledce - Lhotky - Lipník - Loukov - Loukovec - Luštěnice - Mečeříž -

- Mnichovo Hradiště - Mohelnice nad Jizerou - Mukařov - Němčice - Nemyslovice - Nepřevázka - Neveklovice - Niměřice - Nová Telib - Nová Ves u Bakova - Obrubce - Obruby - Pěčice - Pětikozly - Petkovy - Písková Lhota - Plazy - Plužná - Předměřice nad Jizerou - Přepeře -

Prodašice Prodašice is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...

- Ptýrov - Rabakov - Rohatsko - Rokytá - Rokytovec - Řepov - Řitonice - Sedlec - Semčice - Sezemice - Skalsko - Skorkov - Smilovice - Sojovice - '' Sovínky'' - Strašnov - Strážiště - Strenice - Sudoměř - Sukorady - Tuřice - Ujkovice - Velké Všelisy - Veselice - Vinařice - Vinec -

Vlkava Vlkava is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative division Vlkava consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according t ...

- Vrátno - Všejany - Žďár - Zdětín - Žerčice - Židněves

Geography

The northern part of the district is relatively hilly, the southern part is flat. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Jizera Table (most of the territory), Jičín Uplands (northeastern part) and Central Elbe Table (small southern part). The highest point of the district is the hill Mužský in Boseň with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Jizera in Skorkov at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 38.1% of the district's area. The most important river is the Jizera, which flows across the entire territory. Its longest tributary within the district is the Klenice. The western part of the district is poor in streams and bodies of water, which are mostly concentrated in the eastern part of the district. The largest bodies of water are the fishponds Komárovský (54 ha), Červenský (45 ha) and Žabakor (45 ha). Bohemian Paradise is the only protected landscape area that extends into the district, in its northeastern part.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Mladá Boleslav District and at least 500 employeers are:

Transport

The D10 motorway from

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

to Turnov passes through the district.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: * Mnichovo Hradiště Castle *Church of Saint Nicholas in Vinec *Secondary Industrial School in

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, monument zones, are: *Boseň, Mužský (monument reservation) *Březovice, Víska (monument reservation) * Bělá pod Bezdězem * Benátky nad Jizerou *

* Mnichovo Hradiště *Bělá pod Bezdězem, Březinka * Kluky * Loukov * Skalsko *Dolní Bousov, Střehom The most visited tourist destination is the Škoda Auto Museum in Mladá Boleslav.

Notable people

References

External links

Mladá Boleslav District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mlada Boleslav District Mladá Boleslav District, Districts of the Central Bohemian Region