Nymburk District ( cs, okres Nymburk) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( cz, Středočeský kraj, german: Mittelböhmische Region) is an administrative unit ( cz, kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. Its capital is the town of

Nymburk Nymburk (; german: Nimburg, Neuenburg an der Elbe) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the Elbe River. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

Administrative division

Nymburk District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Nymburk, Lysá nad Labem and Poděbrady.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Běrunice - Bobnice -

Bříství Bříství is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Geography Bříství is located about southwest of Nymburk and east of Prague. It lies in a flat lan ...

- Budiměřice - Chleby - Choťánky - Chotěšice - Chrást - Chroustov - Čilec - Činěves - Dlouhopolsko - Dobšice - Dvory -

Dymokury Dymokury (german: Dimokur) is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Černá Hora and Svídnice are administrative parts ...

- Hořany - Hořátev -

Hradčany Hradčany (; german: Hradschin), the Castle District, is the district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic surrounding Prague Castle. The castle is one of the biggest in the world at about in length and an average of about wide. Its history ...

- Hradištko -

Hrubý Jeseník Hrubý Jeseník (, , ) is a mountain range of Eastern Sudetes in northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. It is the second highest mountain range in the Czech Republic. Its best known natural sights include: *Praděd, its highest mountain *A powerf ...

- Jíkev - Jiřice - Jizbice - Kamenné Zboží - Kněžice - Kněžičky - Kolaje - Kostelní Lhota -

Kostomlátky Kostomlátky is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it ...

Kostomlaty nad Labem Kostomlaty nad Labem (german: Groß Kostomlat) is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Hronětice, Lány, Rozkoš and ...

Košík Košík is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Administrative parts The villages of Doubravany, Sovolusky and Tuchom are administrative parts of Košík ...

- Kounice - Kouty - Kovanice - Krchleby - Křečkov - '' Křinec'' -

Libice nad Cidlinou Libice nad Cidlinou (german: Libitz an der Cidlina) is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants. It is one of the oldest settlements in Bohemia. Geography ...

- '' Loučeň'' -

Lysá nad Labem Lysá nad Labem (; german: Lissa an der Elbe) is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,700 inhabitants. It is situated on the Elbe river. The town centre is well preserved and is protected b ...

Mcely Mcely is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bord ...

- Městec Králové - Milčice -

Milovice Milovice (; german: Milowitz) is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. In the 20th century, the history of the town was influenced by the presence of a military base. In ...

- Netřebice - Nový Dvůr -

- Odřepsy - Okřínek - Opočnice - Opolany - Oseček - Oskořínek - Ostrá -

Pátek Pátek is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Etymology The name literally means "Friday". The village was probably founded on Friday. Geography Pátek ...

- Písková Lhota - Písty -

Poděbrady Poděbrady (; german: Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Elbe. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an u ...

- Podmoky - Přerov nad Labem - Rožďalovice -

Sadská Sadská () is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,200 inhabitants. Geography Sadská is located about southwest of Nymburk and east of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table lowlan ...

- Sány - Seletice - Semice - Senice - Sloveč - Sokoleč - Stará Lysá - Starý Vestec - Straky - Stratov - Třebestovice - Úmyslovice - Velenice -

Velenka Velenka is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Geography Velenka is located about southwest of Nymburk and east of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape ...

- Vestec - Vlkov pod Oškobrhem - Vrbice - Vrbová Lhota - Všechlapy - Vykáň - Záhornice - Zbožíčko - Žitovlice - Zvěřínek

Demographics

Geography

The surface of the district is has a distinctly flat character, a significant part of the district lies in the

Polabí Polabí (german: Elbeland) is the traditional and informal name for a lowlands region located mainly in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Etymology The name comes from Czech ''po Labi'', meaning "along the Elbe". The same linguist ...

lowland. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Central Elbe Table (most of the territory),

Jizera Table The Jizera Table ( cs, Jizerská tabule) is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located mostly in the Central Bohemian Region, northeast of Prague. Geomorphology The Jizera Table is a mesoregion of the Centr ...

(small parts in the west and north) and

East Elbe Table East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...

(very small part in the east). The highest point of the district is the hill Na kostele in Kněžice with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river basin of the Elbe in Přerov nad Labem at . The most important river is the

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Re ...

, flowing from the south to the west. The north of the district is drained by the

Mrlina The Mrlina is a river located primarily in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, and a right tributary of the Elbe River. It is 49.6 km long, and its basin area is 657 km2. Beginning in the Hradec Králové Region near Ma ...

(a tributary of the Elbe). Several kilometres of the Cidlina also flow through the territory before its confluence with the Elbe. There are some middle-sized ponds, but none larger than . There are also several artificial lakes in the vicinity of the Elbe, created by flooding sand quarries. There are no large-scale protected areas.

Transport

The D11 motorway from

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as an ...

passes through the southern part of the district.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: *Slavník gord in

*Crematorium in

*Hydroelectric power plant in

The best-preserved settlements and archaeological sites, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

Bošín Bošín is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is ...

(monument reservation) *Area of the Slavník gord in

(monument reservation) *

* Pojedy * Sovenice * Vinice

Notes

References

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