Kladno District

Kladno District Okres Kladno
District
Location in the Central Bohemian Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°13′N14°6′E / 50.217°N 14.100°E / 50.217; 14.100
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Central Bohemian
Capital	Kladno
Area [1]
• Total	719.65 km2 (277.86 sq mi)
Population  (2024) [2]
• Total	170,272
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	100
* Cities and towns	8
* Market towns	2

Kladno District (Czech : okres Kladno) is a district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Kladno.

Administrative division

Kladno District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Kladno and Slaný.

List of municipalities

Cities and towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Běleč - Běloky - Beřovice - Bílichov - Blevice - Brandýsek - Braškov - Bratronice - Buštěhrad - Černuc - Chržín - Cvrčovice - Doksy - Dolany - Drnek - Družec - Dřetovice - Dřínov - Hobšovice - Horní Bezděkov - Hořešovice - Hořešovičky - Hospozín - Hostouň - Hradečno - Hrdlív - Hřebeč - Jarpice - Jedomělice - Jemníky - Kačice - Kamenné Žehrovice - Kamenný Most - Kladno - Klobuky - Kmetiněves - Knovíz - Koleč - Královice - Kutrovice - Kvílice - Kyšice - Lány - Ledce - Lhota - Libochovičky - Libovice - Libušín - Lidice - Líský - Loucká - Makotřasy - Malé Kyšice - Malé Přítočno - Malíkovice - Neprobylice - Neuměřice - Otvovice - Páleč - Pavlov - Pchery - Pletený Újezd - Plchov - Podlešín - Poštovice - Pozdeň - Přelíc - Řisuty - Sazená - Slaný - Šlapanice - Slatina - Smečno - Stehelčeves - Stochov - Stradonice - Studeněves - Svárov - Svinařov - Třebichovice - Třebíz - Třebusice - Tuchlovice - Tuřany - Uhy - Unhošť - Velká Dobrá - Velké Přítočno - Velvary - Vinařice - Vraný - Vrbičany - Zájezd - Zákolany - Želenice - Zichovec - Žilina - Žižice - Zlonice - Zvoleněves

Geography

Landscape around Knovíz

The district is characterized by a rugged landscape without large differences in altitude, mostly flat in the north and east and hilly in the south and west. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Lower Ohře Table (north), Prague Plateau (central and eastern part), Křivoklát Highlands (south) and Džbán (small part in the west). The highest point of the district is the hill Tuchonín in Malé Kyšice with an elevation of 488 m (1,601 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Bakovský Stream in Sazená at 172 m (564 ft).

From the total district area of 719.7 km² (277.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 474.5 km² (183.2 sq mi), forests occupy 145.9 km² (56.3 sq mi), and water area occupies 7.3 km² (2.8 sq mi). Forests cover 20.3% of the district's area. ^[1]

There are no major rivers. The most important watercourses are the Loděnice River (a tributary of the Berounka), which crosses the southern part of the district, and the Bakovský Stream, which flows across the northern part and then joins the Vltava just beyond the district border. There are relatively many small fishponds in the area. The largest body of water is the pond Turyňský rybník with an area of 51 ha (130 acres). A notable body of water is also Klíčava Reservoir, which lies only partially in the district.

Křivoklátsko is the only protected landscape area that extends into the district, in its southwestern part.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 84,808 —     1880 100,112 +18.0% 1890 116,635 +16.5% 1900 137,042 +17.5% 1910 153,716 +12.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 150,077 −2.4% 1930 154,276 +2.8% 1950 138,515 −10.2% 1961 148,196 +7.0% 1970 152,224 +2.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 155,792 +2.3% 1991 150,625 −3.3% 2001 151,360 +0.5% 2011 158,799 +4.9% 2021 166,771 +5.0%
Source: Censuses [3] [4]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population [2]	Area (km2)
Kladno	69,078	37
Slaný	16,740	35
Stochov	5,354	10
Unhošť	5,206	17
Buštěhrad	3,995	8
Libušín	3,588	9
Velvary	3,048	18
Tuchlovice	2,779	13
Zlonice	2,285	16
Lány	2,256	34

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Kladno District and at least 1,000 employees are: ^[5]

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Lego Production	Kladno	3,000–3,999	Manufacture of toys
Regional Hospital Kladno	Kladno	1,500–1,999	Health care
Medical rescue service of the Central Bohemian Region	Kladno	1,000–1,499	Health care
Linet	Slaný	1,000–1,499	Production of medical equipment

Transport

The D7 motorway from Prague to Chomutov, including the unfinished section, leads across the district. The D6 motorway from Prague to Karlovy Vary passes through the southern part of the district.

Sights

Budeč

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

• Lidice Memorial in Lidice
• Medieval gord of Budeč
• Tomb of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in Lány

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

• Třebíz (monument reservation)
• Slaný
• Smečno
• Unhošť
• Velvary

The most visited tourist destination is the Lidice Memorial. ^[8]

Notable people

Main category: People from Kladno District

References

1. "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office . Retrieved 2023-05-16.
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 2023-01-17.
6. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Kladno". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Kladno". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
8. "Návštěvnost muzeí, galerií a památníků 2021" (in Czech). Národní informační a poradenské středisko pro kulturu. Retrieved 2023-01-30.

External links

• Kladno District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website