 The
regions of the Czech Republic |
Central Bohemia region
Central Bohemia is situated in the middle of Czech
Republic. Due to its area, number of urban areas
and number of inhabitants, this region occupies
the first place among Czech regions. Its area covers
almost 14% of Czech Republic. The region is divided
into 12 districts, which make a ring around the
capital, Prague.
The Capital City Prague
Prague is one of important European towns as a traditional
metropolis connected with magical importance. Its
importance is strongly influenced by the location
of the Prague Basin, where the long-distance and
trade paths crossed each other since times long
gone.
Liberec region
Liberec region is situated in the north of the Czech
Basin and spreads over the eastern part of the mountain
ranges Luzicke hory, Jizerske hory and western Krkonose
with Krkonose foothills. The north border of the
region is also a 20 kilometers long state border
with the German Saxony - the region Lobau-Zittau
and 130 kilometers long border with Poland - Dolnoslezske
vojvodstvi. To the east it borders with Hradec Kralové
region, to the south with Central Bohemia region
and to the west with Usti region, with which it
created the North Bohemia region since 1960.
Hradec Kralové region
Hradec Kralové region is the second region
of NUTS 2 Northeast, neighbouring on the Liberec
Region to the west and the Pardubice Region to the
south. Its historical, economic, and cultural centre
is the town of Hradec Kralové. The region
has five districts - Hradec Kralové, Jicin,
Nachod, Rychnov nad Kneznou, and Trutnov. The total
area of the region is 4,758 sq. km. Of its 448 municipalities
43 are towns inhabited by 69 per cent of the region's
population.
Pardubice region
Pardubice region is situated in the eastern part
of Bohemia. Location of the region is also determined
by the bordering regions - Central Bohemian, Kralovehradecky,
Olomouc, South Moravian and Vysocina. Part of the
northeast border of the region is also border with
Poland. The area reaches 4,519 km2 (5.73 % of the
whole Czech Republic).
Karlovy Vary region
Karlovy Vary region is the most western part of
the Czech Republic. More than half of the overall
border creates the border with Germany. To the west
it borders with Bavaria and to the north with Saxony.
Karlovy Vary region is the second smallest right
behind Liberec region. Its area reaches 3,314,4
km2 and takes up 4.2% of the Czech Republic overall
area.
Pilsen (Plzen) region
Pilsen region is situated in the southwest of the
Czech Republic. To the west it borders with Bavarian
region in Germany, to the northwest with Karlovy
Vary region, to the northeast with Central Bohemian
region and to the southeast with South Bohemian
region. The area of 7,561 km2 makes it the third
largest region in the Czech Republic. |
South Bohemian region
(Ceske Budejovice)
The South Bohemian region represents, geographically,
quite closed unit. Core of the unit is the South
Bohemian basin. The southwest borders with Sumava,
northwest borders with Brdy, north with Central
Bohemian granite Highlands, east with Bohemia-Moravian
Highlands and to the southeast it borders with Novohradske
Mountains. The South Bohemian basin consists of
two smaller basins called Ceskobudejovicka and Trebonska.
South and west borders of the region also create
the state borders with Austria and Federal Republic
of Germany. The region also borders with Pilsen
and Central Bohemian regions and with Vysocina region.
Usti nad Labem region
Usti region is situated in the northwest of the
Czech Republic, along the border with Federal Republic
of Germany. To the northeast it borders with Liberec
region, to the west with Karlovy Vary region and
a small part of Pilsen region. To the south it borders
with Central Bohemian region. The north border of
the region is also the border with German Saxony
region.
North-Moravian region (Ostrava)
The North-Moravian region consists of the Bruntal,
Frydek-Mistek, Karvina, Novy Jicin, Opava and Ostrava
districts. The North-Moravian region is located
in the north-easternmost part of CR; it borders
Poland on the north and east, and Slovakia in the
southeast.
Olomouc region
Olomouc region is situated in the north-central
Moravia. Border with Poland is 104 kilometres long.
The area of 5,139.3 km2 has a big share of large
protected landscapes Jeseniky and Litovelske Pomoravi
10.8 % (CR 14.7 %). The region consists of the following
townships: Jesenik, Olomouc, Prostejov, Prerov,
Sumperk and places eighth among the 14 Czech regions.
Zlin region
Zlin region was founded on January 1st, 2000 and
based on the constitutional law No. 347 from December
3rd, 1997, on creating higher territorial autonomous
units. The region was created by merging townships
of Zlin, Kromeriz and Uherske Hradiste, which belonged
to the South Moravian region and township Vsetin,
which belonged to the North Moravian region.
South-Moravian region (Brno)
South-Moravian region is delimited by the districts
of Blansko, Brno-City, Brno-Rural, Breclav, Hodonin,
Vyskov and Znojmo, form the central part of the
former South-Moravian (1960-1999) Region, the western
part of which as adjoined to the Vysocina - Highlands
Region and the eastern part to the Zlin Region.
City of Brno
Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic
with population of almost 400,000 inhabitants. It
was created by gradual development of a settlement
at the Brno basin by the domestic population and
by colonists from Western Europe.
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