Podlesí is a municipality and village in

Příbram District Příbram District ( cs, okres Příbram) is a district ('' okres'') within the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Příbram and the towns of Dobříš and Sedlčany are larger centres. List of municipalities ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.

Geography

Podlesí is located about southwest of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

and is urbanistically fused with the neighbouring town of

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

. It lies in the Brdy Highlands. The highest point is the hill Dubová hora at above sea level. The

Litavka Litavka is a river in the Czech Republic, the right tributary of the Berounka. It originates in the Brdy mountain range at the elevation of 736 m and flows to Beroun, where it enters the Berounka. It is 54.9 km long, and its basin area is 62 ...

River forms the eastern municipal border and separates the municipality from Příbram.

History

The first written mention of Podlesí is from 1527. The history of the village was connected with the mining of silver and iron ores, and agriculture had only marginal importance.

Demographics

Transport

There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights

There are no protected cultural monuments. In the centre of Podlesí is a small chapel.

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Demographics

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