Česká Lípa District () is a

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in the

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of the

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. Its capital is the town of

Česká Lípa Česká Lípa (; ) is a town in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 37,000 inhabitants, making it the most populated Czech town without city status. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monume ...

Administrative division

Česká Lípa District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Česká Lípa and Nový Bor.

List of municipalities

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

Blatce Blatce () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The cou ...

- Blíževedly - Bohatice - Brniště -

- Chlum - Chotovice -

Cvikov Cvikov () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,500 inhabitants. Administrative division Cvikov consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Cv ...

Doksy Doksy () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. It is known for Lake Mácha and its summer vacation resort. Administrative division Doksy consists of eight municipal parts ...

- Dubá - Dubnice - Hamr na Jezeře - ''

Holany Holany () is a market town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative division Holany consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

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Horní Libchava Horní Libchava () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Etymology The earliest writing of the name Libchava was ''Lubchava''. The name consists of the ad ...

Horní Police Horní Police () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Administrative division Horní Police consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population acco ...

- Jestřebí -

Kamenický Šenov Kamenický Šenov () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zone ...

- Kozly -

Kravaře Kravaře (; ) is a town in Opava District the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,700 inhabitants. It is part of the historic Hlučín Region. Administrative division Kravaře consists of three municipal parts (in brack ...

Krompach Krompach () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The cou ...

Kunratice u Cvikova Kunratice u Cvikova () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the personal name Kunrát, meaning "the village of Kunrát ...

Kvítkov Kvítkov is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Geography Kvítkov is located about southwest of Česká Lípa and southwest of Liberec. It lies mostly i ...

- Luka -

Mařenice Mařenice () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The c ...

Mimoň Mimoň () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Mimoň consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *M ...

Noviny pod Ralskem Noviny pod Ralskem () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Geography Noviny pod Ralskem is located about east of Česká Lípa and west of Liberec. It ...

Nový Bor Nový Bor (; ) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The town is known for its glass industry. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural mo ...

- Nový Oldřichov - Okna - Okrouhlá - Pertoltice pod Ralskem - Polevsko - Provodín - Prysk - Radvanec -

Ralsko Ralsko () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It comprises area of the former military training area with Hradčany Air Base. Ralsko is the fourth largest municipality ...

- Skalice u České Lípy - Skalka u Doks -

Sloup v Čechách Sloup v Čechách () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. The area of the village is well preserved and is protected as a Cultural monument (Czech Republi ...

Slunečná Slunečná (until 1949 Sonneberk; ) is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in ...

- Sosnová -

Stráž pod Ralskem Stráž pod Ralskem (until 1946 Vartenberk; ) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,800 inhabitants. Etymology The local castle was called Wartenberg (''Warte auf Berge'' meant "guard on th ...

- Stružnice - Stvolínky - Svojkov - Svor -

Tachov Tachov (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Mže River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Tachov ...

- Tuhaň - Velenice -

Velký Valtinov Velký Valtinov () is a municipality and village in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ...

- Volfartice - Vrchovany - Zahrádky -

Zákupy Zákupy (; ) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the castle is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative di ...

Žandov Žandov () is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Žandov consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): * ...

- Ždírec

Geography

Česká Lípa District briefly borders Germany in the north. The terrain is very diverse, with large differences in altitude, and hilly landscape prevails. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions:

Ralsko Uplands The Ralsko Uplands () are highland, uplands and a Geomorphological division of the Czech Republic, geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Liberec Region, Liberec, Ústí nad Labem Region, Ústí nad Labem and Centr ...

(most of the territory), Central Bohemian Uplands (west),

Lusatian Mountains The Lusatian Mountains (; ; ) are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic. They are a continuation of the Ore Mountains range west of the Elbe valley. The mountains of the northern, G ...

(north) and

Jizera Table The Jizera Table () 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 Central Bohemian Table wit ...

(small part in the southeast). The highest point of the district is the mountain Luž in

with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Liběchovka Stream in Dubá 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 47.2% of the district's area. The most significant river is the

Ploučnice The Ploučnice () is a river in the Czech Republic, a right tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Liberec Region, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Region, Ústí nad Labem regions. It is long, making it the List of rivers of the Czech Repu ...

, which flows across the district from east to west. Its longest tributary in the district is the

Svitavka The Svitavka (also called Svitávka; ) is a river in the Czech Republic and Germany, a right tributary of the Ploučnice. It flows mostly through the Liberec Region in the Czech Republic, but it originates in Saxony in Germany. It is long. Etym ...

. The largest body of water is Lake Mácha. There are three

protected landscape areas Protection is any measure taken to guard something against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although ...

, Central Bohemian Uplands and Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Česká Lípa District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

There are no motorways in the district territory. The most important roads that pass through the district are the I/13 (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 ...

) from

Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr ...

Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary (; , formerly also spelled ''Carlsbad'' in English) is a spa town, spa city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It is located at the confluence of the Ohře and Teplá (river), Teplá ri ...

, and the I/9 from

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

to the Czech-German border via Česká Lípa.

Sights

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

Bezděz Castle Bezděz Castle () is a Gothic castle in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is located about southeast of Česká Lípa. Its construction began before 1264 by order of King Ottokar II of Bohemia. The royal castle of Bezděz was one o ...

* Zákupy Castle *Pilgrimage complex with the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in

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

Janovice Janovice (, ) is a municipality and village in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,000 inhabitants. Geography Janovice is located about south of Frýdek-Místek and south of Ostrava, in ...

(monument reservation) *

Lhota Lhota is a Czech geographical name. It is the most common name for villages in the Czech Republic. Geography There are 309 villages that contain Lhota or Lhotka (diminutive form of Lhota) in their name, which makes it the most common name of vil ...

(monument reservation) * Rané (monument reservation) * Žďár (monument reservation) *

* Dubá *

* Bukovec *

* Kruh * Pavlovice *

* Tubož * Velenice * Vojetín * Zahrádecko landscape The most visited tourist destinations are the Bezděz Castle and Sloup Castle.

Notable people

References

External links

Česká Lípa District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Ceska Lipa District Districts of the Liberec Region