Rudná is a town in
Prague-West District in the
Central Bohemian Region of the
Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants.
Geography
Rudná is located about west of
Prague. It lies in the
Prague Plateau.
History
Rudná was established in 1951 when two old villages of Dušníky and Hořelice merged into a new municipality. Its new artificial name is derived from the Czech word ''ruda'' (i.e. "
ore") and commemorates a long history of
iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, or deep purple to rusty red. The iron is usually found in the fo ...
mining in the region. Rudná was promoted to a town in 2000.
Transport
Rudná is located along an old road from Prague to
Beroun
Beroun (; german: Beraun) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers. Beroun creates a conurbation with Králův Dvůr, former par ...
and
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 ...
. Nowadays a parallel
D5 motorway runs just north of the town.
Notable people
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Radek Šírl (born 1981), footballer
References
External links
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Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Prague-West District
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