Okres Klatovy

Okres Klatovy
Kraj	Plzeňský kraj
surface	1,945.69 km²
Inhabitants ; • Population density	86,336 ( January 1, 2019 ) ; 45 inhabitants / km²
Municipalities ; • of which cities ; • of which Městyse	94 ; 14 ; 4
LAU 1	CZ0322
Vehicle registration number ; (issued until 2001)	KT

Okres Klatovy (German: District Klattau ) is a district in Plzeňský kraj ( Pilsen district ) in the Czech Republic with around 88,000 inhabitants and an area of 1,946 km², 43% of which is forested. There are also numerous lakes in the region.

Administrative division

The district comprises a total of 94 municipalities, including four towns and 14 cities.

The 14 cities of the district sorted according to their number of inhabitants (as of January 1, 2008):

Klatovy , 22,890 inhabitants
Sušice , 11,524 inhabitants
Horažďovice , 5,686 inhabitants
Nýrsko , 5,132 inhabitants
Železná Ruda , 2,318 inhabitants
Janovice nad Úhlavou , 2.111 inhabitants
Plánice , 1,679 inhabitants
Švihov , 1,612 inhabitants
Kašperské Hory , 1,593 inhabitants
Strážov , 1,330 inhabitants
Nalžovské Hory , 1,237 inhabitants
Hartmanice , 1,147 inhabitants
Měčín , 1,118 inhabitants
Rejštejn , 236 inhabitants

On January 1, 2007, the municipalities Borovy and Nezdice moved to the Okres Plzeň-jih , at the same time Černíkov came from the Okres Domažlice .

With a population density of 45 inhabitants / km², the district is well below the intersection of the district and the country.

economy

The industry is mainly concentrated in three largest cities, Klatovy, Sušice and Horažďovice. The food and textile industries as well as mechanical engineering and construction make up the largest share. In agriculture, mainly grain, potatoes and beets are grown. Livestock breeding consists mainly of keeping cattle, pigs and poultry. The unemployment rate is 6.4%.

tourism

Tourism plays a major role. The untouched nature and monuments attract numerous tourists

Šumava ( Bohemian Forest ) with the possibility of all sports and leisure activities in the open air,
Rabí Castle , the largest castle in the Czech Republic from 1300
Švihov Castle , originally a fortress built in 1480
Klenová Castle southwest of Klatovy with its own gallery
Velhartice Castle with a neighboring village with rich folk architecture
Kašperk Castle built as a royal castle under Charles IV.
Horažďovice Castle with the City Museum

The Chudenicko area is also interesting, with a palace garden with rare plants.

traffic

The main railway line runs through Pilsen - Klatovy - Bayerisch Eisenstein from north to south, and is crossed by the branch line Domažlice -Klatovy- Horažďovice .

The main road connection is the 1st order road I / 27 in north-south direction, which is part of the European route 53 . There is also another first-order street, I / 22, which runs in an east-west direction.

cities and communes

Běhařov - Běšiny - Bezděkov - Biřkov - Bolešiny - Břežany - Budětice - Bukovník - Čachrov - Černíkov - Červené Poříčí - Cihan - Čímice - Dešenice - Dlažov - Dlouhá Ves - Dobršín - Dolany - Domoraz - Dražovice - Frymburk - Hamry - Hartmanice - Hejná - Hlavňovice - Hnačov - Horažďovice - Horská Kvilda - Hradek - Hradešice - Chanovice - Chlistov - Chudenice - Chudenín - Janovice nad Úhlavou - Javor - Ježovy - Kašperské Hory - Kejnice - Klatovy - Klenová - Kolinec - Kovčín - Křenice - Kvášňovice - Lomec - Malý Bor - Maňovice - Měčín - Mezihoří - Mlýnské Struhadlo - Modrava - Mochtín - Mokrosuky - Myslív - Myslovice - Nalžovské Hory - Nehodiv - Nezamyslice - Nezdice na Šumavě - Nýrsko - Obytce - Olšany - Ostřetice - Pačejov - Petrovice u Sušice - Plánice - Podmokly - Poleň - Prasily - Předslav - Rabi - Rejštejn - Slatina - Soběšice - Srní - Strašín - Strážov - Sušice - Svéradice - Švihov - Tužice - Týnec - újezd u plánice - Velhartice - Velké Hydčice - Velký boron - Vrhaveč - Vřeskovice - Zav lekov - Zborovy - Železná Ruda - Žihobce - Žichovice

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