Litoměřice District () is a

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in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. I ...

of the

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. Its capital is the town of

Litoměřice Litoměřice (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. The town is the seat of the Roman C ...

Administrative division

Litoměřice District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Litoměřice, Lovosice and Roudnice nad Labem.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in ''italics'': Bechlín - Bohušovice nad Ohří - Bříza - Brňany - Brozany nad Ohří - Brzánky -

Budyně nad Ohří Budyně nad Ohří () is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural m ...

- Býčkovice - Ctiněves - Černěves - Černiv - Černouček - Chodouny - Chodovlice - Chotěšov - Chotiměř - Chotiněves - Chudoslavice - Čížkovice - Děčany - Dlažkovice - Dobříň -

Doksany Doksany () is a municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. It is known for the Premonstratensians, Premonstratensian Doksany Convent. Geography Doksany is l ...

- Dolánky nad Ohří - Drahobuz - Dušníky - Evaň - Hlinná - Horní Beřkovice - Horní Řepčice -

Hoštka Hoštka () is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,800 inhabitants. Administrative division Hoštka consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 cen ...

Hrobce Hrobce () is a municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Hrobce lies approximately south-east of Litoměřice, south-east of Ústí nad Labem, and nort ...

- Jenčice - Kamýk - Keblice - Klapý - Kleneč - Kostomlaty pod Řípem - Krabčice - Křesín - Křešice - Kyškovice - '' Levín'' - Lhotka nad Labem - Liběšice - Libkovice pod Řípem - Libochovany -

Libochovice Libochovice () is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,400 inhabitants. Administrative division Libochovice consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the ...

- Libotenice -

- Lkáň - Lovečkovice - Lovosice - Lukavec - Malé Žernoseky - Malíč - Martiněves - Michalovice - Miřejovice - Mlékojedy - Mnetěš -

Mšené-lázně Mšené-lázně is a spa municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Administrative division Mšené-lázně consists of six municipal parts (in brackets p ...

- Nové Dvory - Oleško - Píšťany - Ploskovice - Podsedice - Polepy - Prackovice nad Labem - Přestavlky - Račice - Račiněves - Radovesice - Rochov -

Roudnice nad Labem Roudnice nad Labem (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Rep ...

- Sedlec - Siřejovice - Slatina - Snědovice - Staňkovice - Štětí - Straškov-Vodochody - Sulejovice -

Terezín Terezín (; ) is a town in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. It is a former military fortress composed of the citadel and adjacent walled garrison town. The town centre i ...

- Travčice - Třebenice - Trnovany - Třebívlice - Třebušín - Úpohlavy - Úštěk -

Vchynice Vchynice is a municipality and village in Litoměřice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Vchynice lies approximately west of Litoměřice, south of Ústí nad Labem, and north-west of ...

- Vědomice - Velemín - Velké Žernoseky -

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- Vražkov - Vrbičany - Vrbice - Vrutice - Záluží - Žabovřesky nad Ohří - Žalhostice - Židovice - Žitenice

Geography

Most of the territory is flat and has an agricultural character, but the north is hilly. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions:

Lower Ohře Table The Lower Ohře Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Ústí nad Labem and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Lower Ohře Table is a mesoregion of the Central Bohemian Tab ...

(south), Central Bohemian Uplands (north) and Ralsko Uplands (east). The highest point of the district is the mountain Milešovka in Velemín with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Prackovice nad Labem at . A dominant feature of the southern part of the district is the Říp Mountain. 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 16.5% of the district's area. The most important rivers are the

Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...

and its tributary

Ohře The Ohře (), also known in English and German as Eger (), is a river in Germany and the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It flows through the Bavarian district of Upper Franconia in Germany, and through the Karlovy Vary Region ...

, which drain the entire territory. The largest body of water is Žernosecké Lake, an artificial lake created by flooding sandstone quarry. However, there are only a few bodies of water.

České Středohoří The České středohoří (), also known as Central Bohemian Uplands or Central Bohemian Highlands,e.g. ''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 31'', Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998, p. 371 is a geomorphological region in northern Bohemia of the ...

is a protected landscape area that extends into the district.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

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

Transport

The D8 motorway 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 ...

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

runs across the district.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: * Říp with the Rotunda of Saint George * Small Fortress in Terezín * Libochovice Castle * Ploskovice Castle *Augustinian monastery in Roudnice nad Labem *Litoměřice Town Hall The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

(monument reservation) *

(monument reservation) * Úštěk (monument reservation) * Starý Týn (monument reservation) *

* Brocno * Chotiněves * Dolní Nezly * Rašovice * Slatina * Soběnice * Srdov The most visited tourist destination is the Terezín Memorial.

Notable people

References

External links

Litoměřice District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Litomerice District Districts of the Ústí nad Labem Region