Plzeň Region
The Pilsen Region, Czech Plzeň Region, is one of the 14 regions of the Czech Republic. The region lies in the southwest of Bohemia. Council is based in Pilsen. To the west it borders on Germany, followed clockwise regions Carlsbad, Central and Southern Bohemia. With an area of 7561 km ², it is the third largest region in the Czech Republic and has 561 074 inhabitants ( 31 December 2006).
Landscape
The region can be divided into the following major scenic areas: Plzeňská pahorkatina ( Pilsner hill country), Brdská Highlands ( the mountains of Brd ), Upper Palatinate Forest and the Bohemian Forest.
Raw materials
The focus of the extractive industries located in the area around Pilsen. Funding is black coal, fire-resistant and ceramic clay and building blocks. At the foot of the Bohemian Forest are found limestone. Good conditions prevail for agriculture. 50.8% of the total area is used for agriculture, 39.4% are forests.
Environment
The environmental conditions are compared to the rest of the country very well. The emissions are on average 40% less than in other regions. Among the least polluted areas include the mountainous regions. In the region there are 166 nature reserves and nature parks. A high load, however, is recorded in the area of Pilsen. Here, the emissions are well above the national average, due to the high level of industrialization and the strong road. High loads can also be measured in the rooms Nýřany - Tlučná - Vejprnice, Břasy - Radnice, Stříbro and Ejpovice. All municipalities with more than 2,000 residents have sewage treatment plants. Risk is greatest in the liquidation and the dismantling of contaminated sites in the industrial as well as agriculture. No problem is contrast represents the disposal of industrial waste
Colonization
Typical for the region are a great number of small communities, it lacks cities with an average population. Exception is the second largest town in Bohemia - Pilsen - with 164,000 inhabitants. In further 46 cities 367,000 inhabitants. Thus, the urbanization rate is about 67%. Most municipalities whose population is growing, located on the corridors that connect Prague with Germany. The border region to Germany is sparsely populated. Outside of this axis are usually small, predominantly agricultural villages. Thus, in these regions settles the trade, there is always more to the creation of micro-regions.
Population
With a population share of 5.4 % ( 551 528, 31 December 2004) the Pilsen Region is in the middle of the Regions. Of these, 30% live in Greater Pilsen, a fifth in 13 other cities with more than 5000 inhabitants. The population density is 72.9 inhabitants per km ² (Czech Republic 130). The lowest population density among the districts Tachov ( 37.5 ) and Klatovy ( 45.2 ).
From the perspective of the age structure of the region is among those with the oldest population. The average age in 2005 was 40.4 years, in the district of Plzeň- město even 41.7 years. Since the early 90s, there was a loss of population. As of 2003, the population increases again.
Housing
Since 1990, increased activity can be observed. Pre-war buildings and dilapidated houses were renewed. The construction of plate apartments, decreasing in favor of the individual building. The majority focuses on the districts Pilsen city, Pilsen- South and Pilsen-north. 2001 15 % of the apartments were not inhabited, most in the district Klatovy. The building density per 1000 population in 2001 reached the coefficient 3.4 compared to the average in the Czech Republic 2.7.
Statistical figures
Share of the gross domestic product ( 2001): 5.2%
Unemployment (31 December 2005 ): 6.45%
Administrative divisions
Communities
The communities form between the regions, the third level of administration in the Czech Republic. The region has 15 municipalities with extended scope ( Czech obec s rozšířenou působností ) and 35 community, charged with municipal office ( Czech obec s pověřeným obecním úřadem ). The number of municipalities in total is 501
Districts
The districts ( okres ) do not form an organizational unit of the region and have since January 1, 2003, no more administrative function. Nevertheless, some areas of the state administration retained the breakdown by districts in (eg courts, police ). The districts also define the area of the regions.
Policy
After the election of 17-18. October 2008, the former health minister Milada Emmerová ( CSSD ) was the chief wife of the region and therefore to the first woman ever to project the region. She stepped back in September 2010, after being elected to the House of Representatives. New captain was Milan Chovanec. Also like Emmerová Chovanec is facing a minority government with the support of KSČM. While in the elections on 12 and 13 October 2012, the ODS was the top candidate Jiri Pospisil with 26.48 % again strongest just ahead of the Social Democrats ( 24.89% ) and the KSČM ( 20.93 %) political force, but could Captain Chovanec continue its cooperation with the KSČM, which has since represented with two members in the Regional Council.
Composition of the bodies of the Region:
Economy
At 31 December 2005 127 341 companies were registered in the region. A third of companies has established in Pilsen-city district. Significant position have 40 companies with more than 500 employees, of which 16 employ more than 1000 employees.
Overall, 2002 149.732 people ( 27.3 % of the total population) were employed in the industry. The runners follow school and culture, health, social services and forestry, agriculture and fish farming.
The average monthly wage is about 17 627 CZK in third place in Prague and the Central Bohemian region, but 7.3% lower than the national average. The highest merit one gets in Okres Plzeň -město ( 19 732 CZK ), the lowest salaries are paid in Okres Klatovy ( 15 518 CZK ), Tachov ( 15 724 CZK ) and Plzeň -sever ( 15 749 CZK ).
20,500 persons ( 6.45% ) are seeking work (31 December 2005 ), the unemployment okres Tachov with 8.62% is the highest, lowest in Plzeň- jih with 4.74%. Contrast, are about 3,940 vacancies. Job offers are available especially in the technical field.
To the intensification of cross -border cooperation helps the Euregio Egrensis with Germany and the Euregio Bayerischer Wald - in Bohemian Forest with Germany and Austria.
Traffic
The length of roads is 5007 km, of which 407 km roads of the First Class 1511 kilometers of roads of the Second Class and 3089 km roads of the Third Class. Compared with other regions Pilsen has the lowest proportion of first class roads. The length of highways is 89 kilometers. The railway network comprises 713 km of which 237 km are electrified. Due to the Region have national and regional rail lines, as well as the international connection Prague - Pilsen- Nuremberg / Munich - Regensburg.
Education and health
In the region there are 11 hospitals with 3,600 beds. Among the University Hospital in Pilsen 1830 beds (2007) and the Psychiatric Clinic in Dobřany, both of which are among the largest employers in the region.
For the formation provide 255 kindergartens, 204 primary schools, 30 vocational schools, 32 specialized secondary schools, 14 high schools and five institutions of post secondary education. The public higher education represents the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen with nine faculties and the Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen of Charles University in Prague.
Culture
2002 was the Region 37 movie theaters, 43 museums, 12 theaters and 18 amphitheater show. In addition, there are 590 libraries, in particular the region supported by the Scientific Library of the western Bohemia, as well as numerous music and theater festivals, especially in Pilsen.
Tourism
The tourist center is the city of Pilsen, with numerous cultural monuments and facilities. Facilities with the greatest number of visitors is one of the zoological and botanical garden in Pilsen. The active tourist lure countless tourist hiking and biking trails. The Sumava offers extensive hiking and winter sports. In the north- west of the region lies the spa Konstantinovy Lázně. Find In Domažlice year in August the famous Chod Festival ( Chodské slavnosti ) instead.
Among the cultural monuments include in particular the monasteries Plasy and Kladruby, the castles Radyně, Švihov, Kašperk Castle Rabi, Velhartice and the castles Kaceřov, Horšovský Tyn, Kozel and Manětín. In the region there are three town conservation reserves ( Domažlice, Horšovský Tyn and Pilsen) and 21 urban conservation zones. Protected Monument are 47 villages. The typical region of Pilsen folk architecture can be visited in the districts Koterov and Černice. Significant accumulations of folk architecture are preserved in the region Chod (eg Trhanov ). Block and half-timbered buildings are further represented in the northern area of Pilsen and to Rokycany and the region Tachov. In Chanovice is an open- air museums with rural architecture around Klatovy.
For nature lovers, the Šumava National Park and Protected Landscape Areas Český les, Krivoklatsko and Slavkov important visitors aims. Among the sights the landscape Bolevecká Rybniční soustava, a pond from the 15th century is on the edge of Pilsen. Important recreational areas are the reservoir Hracholusky and the river Berounka.
Largest cities
Pictures
Romanesque rotunda in Stary Plzenec
Nature Reserve Pavlova Huť
Bohemian Forest in winter
Stříbro
Domažlice
Berounka river
Rokycany