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Ústí nad Orlicí District () 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, municip ...
in the
Pardubice Region Pardubice Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice. As an administrat ...
of the
Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. Its capital is the town of
Ústí nad Orlicí Ústí nad Orlicí (; ) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument z ...
, but the most populated town is
Česká Třebová Česká Třebová (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mon ...
.


Administrative division

Ústí nad Orlicí District is divided into six administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Ústí nad Orlicí, Česká Třebová, Králíky, Lanškroun, Vysoké Mýto and Žamberk.


List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': AlbrechticeAnenská StudánkaBěstoviceBošínBrandýs nad OrlicíBučinaBystřec
Čenkovice Čenkovice is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. It is a centre of winter sports. Etymology The initial German name of the village was Schunkendorf ...
Červená VodaČeská Rybná
Česká Třebová Česká Třebová (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mon ...
– ''
České Heřmanice České Heřmanice () is a market town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative division České Heřmanice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population ...
'' – České Libchavy
České Petrovice České Petrovice () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central ...
ChoceňCotkytleDamníkovDlouhá TřebováDlouhoňoviceDobříkov – ''
Dolní Čermná Dolní Čermná () is a market town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Dolní Čermná consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population accor ...
'' –
Dolní Dobrouč Dolní Dobrouč () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,600 inhabitants. Administrative division Dolní Dobrouč consists of three municipal parts (in brackets p ...
Dolní Morava Dolní Morava () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Administrative division Dolní Morava consists of three municipal parts (in brackets populat ...
DžbánovHejnice
Helvíkovice Helvíkovice () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative division Helvíkovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population ...
Hnátnice Hnátnice () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 800 inhabitants. Demographics References External links

* Villages in Ústí nad Orlicí District ...
Horní ČermnáHorní HeřmaniceHorní TřešňovecHrádekHrušováJablonné nad OrlicíJamné nad OrlicíJavorníkJehnědíKameničnáKlášterec nad OrlicíKoldínKosořínKrálíkyKrasíkov – '' Kunvald'' –
Lanškroun Lanškroun (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. It lies on the border of the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The historic town centre is well preserved ...
LeštinaLetohradLibecinaLibchavyLichkovLíšniceLubníkLukaviceLukováMistrovice – '' Mladkov'' –
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NasavrkyNekořNové Hrady
Orlické Podhůří Orlické Podhůří is a municipality in the Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Orlické Podhůří lies approximately north-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and ...
Orličky Orličky () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Orličky lies approximately east of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and east of Prague. ...
OstrovOucmanicePastvinyPetrovicePísečnáPlchovicePodlesíPřívratPustina
Radhošť Radhošť () is a mountain in the Czech Republic. It has an elevation of and belongs to the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. It is located in Dolní Bečva and Trojanovice municipalities in the Zlín Region, Zlín and Moravian-Silesian ...
Řepníky Řepníky () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ...
Řetová Řetová is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Řetová lies approximately south-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and east of Prag ...
Řetůvka Řetůvka () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Řetůvka lies approximately south-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and east of ...
RudolticeRybníkSázavaSečŠedivecSemanín
Skořenice Skořenice () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Skořenice lies approximately north-west of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and east ...
SlatinaSobkoviceSopotniceSrubyStradouňStrážnáStudenéSudislav nad OrlicíSudslavaSvatý JiříTateniceTěchonínTisováTřeboviceTrpíkTýnišťko
Újezd u Chocně Újezd u Chocně () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Újezd u Chocně lies approximately west of Ústí nad Orlicí, east of Pardubice, and ...
Ústí nad Orlicí Ústí nad Orlicí (; ) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument z ...
Velká SkrovniceVerměřoviceVinaryVoděradyVraclavVračovice-OrlovVýprachtice
Vysoké Mýto Vysoké Mýto (; , also ''Hohenmauth'') is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Its town square is the largest example of its type in the country. The historic town ...
Záchlumí
Zádolí Zádolí is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 90 inhabitants. Zádolí lies approximately west of Ústí nad Orlicí, southeast of Pardubice, and east of Prague ...
Zálší
Žamberk Žamberk (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zon ...
ŽampachZámrskZářecká LhotaŽichlínek


Geography

Ústí nad Orlicí District borders Poland in the north. In lies mostly in the historical land of
Bohemia Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
, but the eastern edge lies in
Moravia Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early ...
. The landscape is very rugged and varied. While in the west there are plains, in the east there is mountainous terrain. The territory extends into eight geomorphological mesoregions:
Svitavy Uplands The Svitavy Uplands or Svitavy Hills () are uplands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Pardubice Region and it belongs to the largest mesoregions in the country. Geomorphology The Svitavy Uplands is a ...
(west), Orlice Table (northwest), Orlické Foothills (centre),
Orlické Mountains The Orlické Mountains (, , ) or Eagle Mountains are a mountain range located mainly in northeastern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is a mesoregion of the Central Sudetes. They follow the border with Kłodzko Land in Poland Poland, of ...
(north), Zábřeh Highlands (southeast), Hanušovice Highlands (east), Králický Sněžník Mountains (northeast), and Kłodzko Valley (a narrow strip in the east). The highest point of the district and of the entire Pardubice Region is the
Králický Sněžník Králický Sněžník () or Śnieżnik () is a mountain on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. With , it is the highest mountain of the Králický Sněžník Mountains. Etymology The name ''Sněžník'' or ''Śnieżnik'' derives ...
mountain in
Dolní Morava Dolní Morava () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Administrative division Dolní Morava consists of three municipal parts (in brackets populat ...
with an elevation of . The lowest point is the river bed of the Loučná in
Radhošť Radhošť () is a mountain in the Czech Republic. It has an elevation of and belongs to the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range. It is located in Dolní Bečva and Trojanovice municipalities in the Zlín Region, Zlín and Moravian-Silesian ...
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 31.9% of the district's area. The longest river in the district is the Tichá Orlice. The Morava River originates here, but soon leaves the territory. Other notable rivers in the district are the Divoká Orlice, Loučná, Moravská Sázava and Třebovka. Apart from the western part of the district, there are not many bodies of water. The largest body of water is Pastviny Reservoir with an area of about . There are no large-scale protected areas.


Demographics


Most populated municipalities


Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Ústí nad Orlicí District and at least 500 employees are:


Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/35 road (part of the
European route E442 European route E 442 is part of the international E-road network. Route * ** E48, E49 Karlovy Vary ** E55 Teplice ** E65 Turnov ** E67 Hradec Králové ** E462 Olomouc * ** E50, E75 Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of Eur ...
), which replaces the unfinished section of the D35 motorway from
Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...
to the
Hradec Králové Region Hradec Králové Region (, ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic located in the north-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Hradec Králové. The region neighbours the Pardubice Region in t ...
.


Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: *Theatre in Ústí nad Orlicí * Hora Matky Boží pilgrimage site in Králíky with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are: * Brandýs nad Orlicí *
Česká Třebová Česká Třebová (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Mon ...
* Jablonné nad Orlicí * Králíky *
Lanškroun Lanškroun (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. It lies on the border of the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The historic town centre is well preserved ...
* Letohrad *
Ústí nad Orlicí Ústí nad Orlicí (; ) is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument z ...
*
Vysoké Mýto Vysoké Mýto (; , also ''Hohenmauth'') is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. Its town square is the largest example of its type in the country. The historic town ...
*
Žamberk Žamberk (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zon ...
* Vysoká The four most visited tourist destinations of the Pardubice Region are located in Ústí nad Orlicí District, and the first three in
Dolní Morava Dolní Morava () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Administrative division Dolní Morava consists of three municipal parts (in brackets populat ...
. These most visited tourist destinations are Sky Walk Observation Tower, Mammoth Alpine Coaster, children's amusement parks, and the Hora Matky Boží pilgrimage site in Králíky.


Notable people


References


External links


Ústí nad Orlicí District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Usti Nad Orlici District Districts of the Pardubice Region