Plzeň-North District

Plzeň-North District Okres Plzeň-sever
District
Location in the Plzeň Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°54′N 13°16′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
Capital	Plzeň
Area [1]
• Total	1,286.75 km^2 (496.82 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	83,421
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	98
* Towns	11
* Market towns	0

Plzeň-North District (Czech: okres Plzeň-sever) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň. The most populated town of the district is Nýřany.

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 Hradiště - Dražeň - Druztová - Heřmanova Huť - Hlince - Hněvnice - Holovousy - Horní Bělá - Horní Bříza - Hromnice - Hvozd - Jarov - Kaceřov - Kaznějov - Kbelany - Kočín - Kopidlo - Koryta - Kozojedy - Kozolupy - Kožlany - Kralovice - Krašovice - Křelovice - Krsy - Kunějovice - Ledce - Líně - Líšťany - Líté - Lochousice - Loza - Manětín - Město Touškov - Mladotice - Mrtník - Myslinka - Nadryby - Nečtiny - Nekmíř - Nevřeň - Nýřany - Obora - Ostrov u Bezdružic - Pastuchovice - Pernarec - Pláně - Plasy - Plešnice - Pňovany - Potvorov - Přehýšov - Příšov - Rochlov - Rybnice - Sedlec - Slatina - Štichovice - Studená - Tatiná - Tis u Blatna - Tlučná - Třemošná - Trnová - Úherce - Újezd nade Mží - Úlice - Úněšov - Úterý - Vejprnice - Velečín - Vochov - Všehrdy - Všeruby - Výrov - Vysoká Libyně - Zahrádka - Zbůch - Žihle - Žilov - Zruč-Senec

Geography

Landscape around Žihle

The terrain is undulating, most of the territory has the character of uplands. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Plasy Uplands (most of the territory), Rakovník Uplands (north) and Teplá Highlands (small part in the northwest). The highest point of the district is below the top of the mountain Stěnský vrch in Úterý with an elevation of 756 m (2,480 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Berounka in Chříč at 258 m (846 ft).

From the total district area of 1,286.8 km² (496.8 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 647.7 km² (250.1 sq mi), forests occupy 520.9 km² (201.1 sq mi), and water area occupies 16.9 km² (6.5 sq mi). Forests cover 40.5% of the district's area.^[1]

The Berounka forms the district border in the east. The longest river in the district is its tributary Střela. The southern part of the district is crossed by the Mže. 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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 71,213 —     1880 78,964 +10.9% 1890 81,999 +3.8% 1900 83,394 +1.7% 1910 88,349 +5.9%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 91,270 +3.3% 1930 95,367 +4.5% 1950 69,376 −27.3% 1961 73,598 +6.1% 1970 70,251 −4.5%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 70,280 +0.0% 1991 68,420 −2.6% 2001 69,015 +0.9% 2011 74,940 +8.6% 2021 79,917 +6.6%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population[2]	Area (km^2)
Nýřany	6,960	23
Třemošná	5,051	18
Vejprnice	4,593	10
Horní Bříza	4,191	15
Kralovice	3,493	40
Zruč-Senec	3,486	9
Tlučná	3,357	7
Kaznějov	3,112	12
Zbůch	2,999	9
Plasy	2,963	57

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Plzeň-North District and at least 500 employees are:^[5]

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
LB Minerals	Horní Bříza	500–999	Mining of clays and kaolin
NOVEM Car Interior Design	Město Touškov	500–999	Automotive industry
Best	Rybnice	500–999	Manufacture of concrete products
Faurecia Plzeň	Úherce	500–999	Automotive industry

Transport

The D5 motorway (part of the European route E50) from Prague to Plzeň 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) from Karlovy Vary to Písek via Plzeň.

Sights

Manětín Castle

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

• Plasy Monastery
• Manětín Castle
• Mariánská Týnice pilgrimage site with the Church of the Annunciation

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument zones, are:^[7]

• Manětín
• Město Touškov
• Rabštejn nad Střelou
• Úterý
• Dolany
• Hlince
• Jarov
• Lhota
• Lochousice
• Nynice
• Olešovice
• Radějov
• Studená
• Plasko landscape

The most visited tourist destination is the Plasy Zoo.^[8]

Notable people

Main category: People from Plzeň-North District

References

1. "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
2. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Registr ekonomických subjektů". Business Register (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
6. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Plzeň-sever". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Plzeň-sever". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
8. "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-02-20.

External links

• Plzeň-North District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website