Klatovy District
Okres Klatovy ( German: District Klattau ) is a city in western Bohemia (Kreis Pilsen) in the Czech Republic with about 88,000 inhabitants occupies an area of 1946 km ² is, 43 % of which is forested. In the region there are also numerous lakes.
Administrative divisions
The district includes a total of 94 municipalities, including four spots and 14 cities.
The 14 cities of the district according to population (as of 1 January 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 1 January 2007 changed the communities Borovy and Nezdice in the Okres Plzeň -jih, simultaneously came Černíkov from the Okres Domažlice added.
With a population density of 45 inhabitants / km ², the district is well below the average of the district and the country.
Economy
Industry is concentrated mainly on three largest cities Klatovy, Sušice and Horažďovice. The largest share form the food and textile industries as well as the engineering and construction. In agriculture, mainly grain, potatoes and beets are grown. The livestock consists mainly in the farming of cattle, pigs and poultry. The unemployment rate is 6.4 %.
Tourism
Tourism plays a major role. The untouched nature and monuments attract many tourists to
- Šumava ( Bohemian Forest) with the possibility of all sports and recreational facilities under the open sky,
- Rabi Castle, the largest castle in the Czech Republic from 1300
- Švihov, originally built in 1480 a fortress
- Klenová Castle southwest of Klatovy its own art gallery
- Velhartice with a neighboring village with rich folk architecture
- Kašperk castle built as a royal castle under Charles IV
- Castle Horažďovice with City Museum
Also interesting is the area Chudenicko with a castle garden, where rare plants are located.
Traffic
From north to south crosses the main railway line Pilsen- Klatovy and Bavarian Eisenstein, this is crossed by the branch railway line Domažlice Klatovy - Horažďovice.
Main road link is the road I/27 1st order in north-south direction, which is part of the European route 53. In addition, there is another road 1st order the I/22, which runs in an east - west direction.
Cities and Towns
Běhařov - Běšiny - Bezděkov - Biřkov - Bolešiny - Břežany - Budětice - Bukovník - Čachrov - Černíkov - Červené Poříčí - Číhaň - Čímice - Dešenice - Dlažov - Dlouhá Ves - Dobršín - Dolany - Domoraz - Dražovice - Frymburk - Hamry - Hartmanice - Hejná - Hlavňovice - Hnačov - Horažďovice - Horská Kvilda - Hradek - Hradešice - Chanovice - Chlistov - Chudenicz - Chudenín - Janovice nad Úhlavou - Javor - Ježovy - Kašperské Hory - Kejnice - Klatovy - Klenová - Kolinec - Kovčín - Křenice - Kvášňovice - Lomec - Maly boron - Maňovice - Měčín - Mezihoří - Mlýnské Struhadlo - Modravy - 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 Plánice - Velhartice - Velké Hydčice - Velky Bor - Vrhaveč - Vřeskovice - Zavlekov - Zborovy - Železná Ruda - Žihobce - Žichovice