KolÃn District
Okres Kolin ( Kolin District ) is located in the eastern part of the Středočeský kraj. The relief of the district is just rising to slightly wavy, and from north to south. The lowest point is the surface of the river Elbe in the north ( 187 m above sea level. M. ), in the fertile Elbe Valley, the highest point is Skalka (516 m above sea level. M. ) at Kostelní Strimelice in the southwest of the district.
In 89 communities 744 km ² is home to around 90,500 inhabitants, of which 51% in the towns of Český Brod, Kolin, Kourim, Pecky, Týnec nad Labem and Zásmuky. The average age is 40.2, the highest in the county.
The character of the district can be described as industrial- agricultural denote characterized by medium-sized companies in various industries. The main industries include electrical, mechanical, chemical and printing industries. The largest employer is the carmaker TPCA (Toyota Peugeot Citroen Automobile). In agriculture, grain and sugar beets are grown intensively, partly vegetable and fruit.
51.6 % of the population is employed, the majority (27.2%) in the industry. Here, as in agriculture ( -10 % in recent years ) decreases the proportion of employees, increasing this is in construction and in services. The average wage is 15,998 crowns, and is 8% below the national average. Unemployment is 10.2 %, the second highest value in the circle. Relaxation is expected after the completion of the TPCA, which is set over 2500 employees.
Attractions
The district is not one of the tourist regions, but it offers quite a bit Attractions:
- Nature Park Voděradské Bučiny with beech woods, Libický luh, its largest area of Lausitz forest occupies and V jezírkách, an interesting water ecosystem.
- In Kolin: Gothic Cathedral of St. Bartholomew ( 1260 ) and Jewish cemetery and synagogue.
- In Lipany: Monument of the Battle of Lipan in 1434, in which the radical encampments were defeated by the moderate Utraquists.
- In Křečhoř and on the hill Bedřichov monuments remind of the battle of Kolin, in 1757 the Prussian King Frederick II the army of Maria Theresa was defeated.
On 1 January 2007 the place Vrbová Lhota changes to fulltext your real estates and there were added the communities Choťovice, Pňov - Předhradí, Tatce and Žehuň.