Plzeň-North 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 ...

. The most populated town of the district is

Nýřany Nýřany (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,000 inhabitants. Administrative division Nýřany consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): ...

Administrative division

Plzeň-North District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Kralovice and Nýřany.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold: Bdeněves - Bezvěrov - Bílov - Blatnice - Blažim - Bohy - Brodeslavy - Bučí - Čeminy - Černíkovice - Čerňovice - Česká Bříza - Chotíkov - Chříč - Dobříč - Dolany -

Dolní Bělá Dolní Bělá () is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Dolní Bělá is located approximately north of Plzeň. Demographics Sights The main landmark of ...

- Dolní Hradiště -

Dražeň Dražeň is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Dražeň lies approximately north of Plzeň and west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List ...

- Druztová - Heřmanova Huť - Hlince - Hněvnice - Holovousy -

Horní Bělá Horní Bělá () is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Horní Bělá lies approximately north-west of Plzeň and west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is th ...

- Horní Bříza - Hromnice - Hvozd - Jarov - Kaceřov -

Kaznějov Kaznějov is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. Etymology The name was derived from the personal name Kazněj (a variant of the name Casimir, Kazimír), meaning "Kazněj's (c ...

- Kbelany - Kočín - Kopidlo - Koryta - Kozojedy - Kozolupy - Kožlany -

Kralovice Kralovice (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. It is known for the former pilgrimage site of Mariánská Týnice. Administrative division Kralovice consists of six mun ...

- Krašovice - Křelovice - Krsy - Kunějovice - Ledce -

Líně Líně is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. Etymology The name of the village is derived from the Czech word ''líný'', i.e. 'lazy'. Either this village ...

- Líšťany -

Líté Líté is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. Líté lies approximately north-west of Plzeň and west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and Lis ...

- Lochousice - Loza - Manětín -

Město Touškov Město Touškov (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones ...

- Mladotice - Mrtník - Myslinka - Nadryby - Nečtiny - Nekmíř - Nevřeň -

- Obora - Ostrov u Bezdružic - Pastuchovice - Pernarec -

Pláně Pláně is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Pláně lies approximately north of Plzeň and west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List ...

Plasy Plasy (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. It is known for its former monastery of the same name, which is protected as a national cultural monument. Administrative di ...

- Plešnice - Pňovany -

Potvorov Potvorov is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 100 inhabitants. Potvorov lies approximately north of Plzeň and west of Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List ...

- Přehýšov - Příšov - Rochlov - Rybnice - Sedlec - Slatina - Štichovice - Studená - Tatiná - Tis u Blatna - Tlučná -

Třemošná Třemošná (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. Administrative division Třemošná consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 cen ...

- Trnová - Úherce - Újezd nade Mží - Úlice - Úněšov -

Úterý Úterý () is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monum ...

Vejprnice Vejprnice is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,600 inhabitants. Geography Vejprnice is located about west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands, in a relatively flat l ...

- Velečín -

Vochov Vochov is a municipality and village in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,900 inhabitants. Vochov lies approximately west of Plzeň and south-west of Prague. Demographics Notable people *Bohuslav ...

- Všehrdy - Všeruby - Výrov - Vysoká Libyně - Zahrádka - Zbůch - Žihle - Žilov - Zruč-Senec

Geography

The terrain is undulating, most of the territory has the character of uplands. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions:

Plasy Uplands Plasy (; ) is a town in Plzeň-North District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. It is known for its former monastery of the same name, which is protected as a national cultural monument. Administrative di ...

(most of the territory),

Rakovník Uplands Rakovník (, ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 16,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Administrative division Rakovník consists o ...

(north) and

Teplá Highlands Teplá () is a town in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zone. Administrative division Teplá cons ...

(small part in the northwest). The highest point of the district is below the top of the mountain Stěnský vrch in

with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Berounka in Chříč 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 40.5% of the district's area. 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 ...

forms the district border in the east. The longest river in the district is its tributary

Střela The Střela is a river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Berounka River. It flows through the Karlovy Vary and Central Bohemian regions. It is long, making it the 22nd longest river in the Czech Republic. Etymology The name means ...

. The southern part of the district is crossed by the

Mže The Mže (; ) is a river in the Czech Republic and shortly in Germany. It flows through Bavaria in Germany and through the Plzeň and Central Bohemian regions. It is the upper course of the Berounka, but usually is considered a separate river. U ...

. The territory is poor in bodies of water. The largest body of water is Hracholusky Reservoir, built on the Mže. There are no large-scale protected areas.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Plzeň-North District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

The D5 motorway (part of the

European route E50 European route E50 is an A-type east–west connection across the European continent. It connects the key naval port of Brest in France with Makhachkala, on the Caspian Sea in the Russian republic Dagestan. Outlook Half the route comprises hi ...

) 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 ...

and the Czech-German border passes through the southern part of the district. Another important road in the district is the I/20 (part of

European route E49 European route E49 is a road that forms part of the International E-road network. It runs between Magdeburg, Germany, and Vienna, Austria. The road follows the route: * Germany ** : - Magdeburg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, ** : ** : - Plauen * Czec ...

) from

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 ...

Písek Písek (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is known for the oldest bridge in the country. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument z ...

via Plzeň.

Sights

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

Monastery * Manětín Castle *

Mariánská Týnice Mariánská Týnice is a former pilgrimage site in Kralovice in the Czech Republic. It is a complex of a monastery with the Baroque Church of the Annunciation and the Cistercian provost office built by Jan Santini Aichel in the 18th century. Tod ...

pilgrimage site with the Church of the Annunciation The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument zones, are: * Manětín *

* Rabštejn nad Střelou *

* Dolany * Hlince * Jarov *

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 ...

* Lochousice * Nynice * Olešovice * Radějov * Studená * Plasko landscape The most visited tourist destination is the Plasy Zoo.

Notable people

References

External links

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