Plzeň-City District () is a

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in the

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plz ...

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 city of

Plzeň Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...

Administrative division

Plzeň-City District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Plzeň.

List of municipalities

Cities and towns are marked in bold: Dýšina - Chrást - Chválenice - Kyšice -

Letkov Letkov is a municipality and village in Plzeň-City District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Letkov lies approximately east of Plzeň and south-west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and Lis ...

- Lhůta - Losiná - Mokrouše - Nezbavětice - Nezvěstice -

- Starý Plzenec - Šťáhlavy - Štěnovický Borek - Tymákov

Geography

The terrain goes from slightly undulating in the west to hilly in the east. The territory extends into two geomorphological mesoregions:

Švihov Highlands Švihov may refer to places in the Czech Republic: *Švihov (Klatovy District), a town in the Plzeň Region **Švihov Castle in the town *Švihov (Rakovník District), a municipality and village in the Central Bohemian Region *Švihov, a village an ...

(southeast) and Plasy Uplands (northwest). The highest point of the district is the hill Radyně in Starý Plzenec with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Berounka in Chrást 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 25.0% of the district's area. Four significant rivers flow into the district: Mže, Radbuza, Úhlava and Úslava. Their confluence in Plzeň forms the

Berounka The Berounka () is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Vltava River. It flows through the Plzeň Region, Plzeň and Central Bohemian Region, Central Bohemian regions to Prague. It is formed by the confluence of the Mže and Radbu ...

River, which flows along the district border further to the northeast. The largest body of water is České údolí Reservoir, built on the Radbuza. There are no large-scale protected areas.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

Plzeň is the economic centre of the entire Plzeň Region. Almost all the employers with headquarters in Plzeň-City District and at least 500 employers have their seat in Plzeň, with the only exception being Hermes Fulfilment in Šťáhlavy. The largest of these companies with at least 1,000 employees are:

Transport

The D5 motorway (part of the European route E50) 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 Plzeň and the Czech-German border passes through the district.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: *Hůrka gord in Starý Plzenec * Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Plzeň * Kozel Castle *Rural homestead in Plzeň-Bolevec *Plzeň Town Hall The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: *

(monument reservation) *Plzeň-Božkov (monument reservation) *Plzeň-Černice (monument reservation) *Plzeň-Koterov (monument reservation) * Dýšina * Kyšice *Plzeň-Bezovka *Plzeň-Bolevec *Plzeň-Bukovec *Plzeň-Červený Hrádek *Plzeň-Křimice *Plzeň-Lobzy *Plzeň-Lochotín *Plzeň-Radčice *Plzeň-Újezd * Tymákov The most visited tourist destinations are the Plzeň Zoo, DinoPark Plzeň, tower of the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Plzeň, and Radyně Castle.

Notable people

References

External links

Plzeň-City District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Plzen-City District Districts of the Plzeň Region