Strašín is a municipality and village in

Klatovy District Klatovy District ( cs, Okres Klatovy) is a district ('' okres'') within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Klatovy. With its area of 1,946 km² it is the largest district in the Czech Republic. List of municipalities Běha� ...

in the

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of the

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. It has about 300 inhabitants. Strašín lies approximately south-east of

Klatovy Klatovy (; german: Klattau) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts Klatovy is made up of 30 ...

, south of

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, and south-west of

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Administrative parts

Villages and hamlets of Maleč, Nahořánky, Věštín and Zuklín are administrative parts of Strašín.

Notable people

Karel Raška Karel Raška (; 17 November 1909 in Strašín – 21 November 1987 in Prague) was a Czech physician and epidemiologist, who headed the successful international effort during the 1960s to eradicate smallpox. Life Raška graduated from the gymnas ...

(1909–1987), epidemiologist

References

Villages in Klatovy District {{Plzeň-geo-stub