Kroměříž District () is a

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in the

Zlín Region Zlín Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital Zlín. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...

of the

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. Its capital is the town of

Kroměříž Kroměříž (; ) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for Kroměříž Castle with its castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic town centre with the castle ...

Administrative division

Kroměříž District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Kroměříž, Bystřice pod Hostýnem and Holešov.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bařice-Velké Těšany - Bezměrov - Blazice - Bořenovice - Brusné - Břest -

Bystřice pod Hostýnem Bystřice pod Hostýnem (; ) is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Bystřice pod Hostýnem consists of five municipal parts (in brackets population acc ...

- Cetechovice - Chomýž -

Chropyně Chropyně () is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. Administrative division Chropyně consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Ch ...

- Chvalčov - Chvalnov-Lísky - Dřínov -

Holešov Holešov (; ) is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the castle complex is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administra ...

- Honětice - Horní Lapač - Hoštice - Hulín - Jankovice - Jarohněvice - Karolín -

Komárno Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom'', ''Öregkomárom'', ''Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the "old ...

- Koryčany - Kostelany - Kostelec u Holešova -

- Kunkovice - Kurovice - Kvasice - Kyselovice - Lechotice - '' Litenčice'' - Loukov - Lubná - Ludslavice - Lutopecny - Martinice - Míškovice -

Morkovice-Slížany Morkovice-Slížany is a town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Morkovice-Slížany consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the ...

- Mrlínek - Němčice - Nítkovice - Nová Dědina - Osíčko - Pacetluky - Pačlavice - Počenice-Tetětice - Podhradní Lhota - Prasklice - Pravčice - Prusinovice - Přílepy -

Rajnochovice Rajnochovice is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Etymology Rajnochovice was named after the Rajnoch family, who founded the village. Geography Rajnochovic ...

- Rataje - Roštění - Roštín - Rusava - Rymice - Šelešovice - Skaštice - Slavkov pod Hostýnem - Soběsuky - Střílky - Střížovice - Sulimov - Troubky-Zdislavice - Třebětice - Uhřice - Věžky - Vítonice - Vrbka - Zahnašovice - Žalkovice - Záříčí - Zástřizly - Zborovice -

Zdounky Zdounky is a municipality and village in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Zdounky consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 ...

- Žeranovice - Zlobice

Geography

The terrain is varied, the fertile plain in the centre of the territory turns into highlands and low mountain ranges on its edges. The territory extends into six geomorphological mesoregions:

Upper Morava Valley The Upper Morava Valley () is a lowland and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Olomouc and Zlín regions. Its name is derived from the Morava river that forms the axis of the territory. Geomorphology The Up ...

(north and centre),

Chřiby Chřiby (, the "Mars Mountains") is a geographic region of the Czech Republic, part of the Central Moravian Carpathians of the Outer Western Carpathians. The area is a nature park and tourist park, offering a variety of natural features, rock f ...

(southwest),

Moravian-Silesian Foothills Moravian-Silesian Foothills () are foothills and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. Geomorphology The Moravian-Silesian Foothills is a mesoregion of the Western Beskidian Foothills macroregion within the Outer Western Carpath ...

(northeast),

Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains Hostýn-Vsetín Mountains () is a mountain range in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The mountains are densely forested mainly by secondary spruce A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' ( ), a genus of about 40 species of conifer ...

(southeast),

Litenčice Hills Litenčice () is a market town in Kroměříž District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Administrative division Litenčice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 censu ...

(west) and

Vizovice Highlands The Vizovice Highlands () are highlands and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Zlín and South Moravian regions. It is named after the town of Vizovice. Geomorphology The Vizovice Highlands are a mesoregi ...

(small part in the south). The highest point of the district is the mountain Kelčský Javorník in

with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Morava in Kvasice 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 27.5% of the district's area. The most important river is the Morava, which crosses the territory in its centre. With the exception of the centre of the territory, the district is poor in bodies of water. There are no large-scale protected areas.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Kroměříž District and at least 500 employees are: A notable industrial company is also

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, a manufacturer of furniture with 250–499 employees.

Transport

The D1 motorway from

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

passes through the district. The D55 motorway separates from it and leads to

Otrokovice Otrokovice (; ) is a town in Zlín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It is known as an industrial centre. Administrative division Otrokovice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population ...

Sights

The gardens and castle at Kroměříž were designated a

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in 1998 because it is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved Baroque residence. The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: *

Kroměříž Castle Kroměříž Castle ( or ''Arcibiskupský zámek'', ) is a castle in Kroměříž in the Czech Republic. It used to be the principal residence of the bishops and (from 1777) archbishops of Olomouc. UNESCO listed the gardens and castle as a World He ...

with the castle gardens *Baroque cemetery in Střílky *Windmill in Bařice-Velké Těšany * Pilgrimage complex Saint Hostýn with the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

(monument reservation) * Rymice-Hejnice (monument reservation) *

The most visited tourist destination is the Kroměříž Castle.

Notable people

References

External links

Kroměříž District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Kromeriz District Districts of the Zlín Region