Ústí nad Labem District () is a

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in the

Ústí nad Labem Region Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region () is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of the historical land of Bohemia, and named after the capital, Ústí nad Labem. I ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...

. Its capital is the city of

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

Administrative division

Ústí nad Labem District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Ústí nad Labem.

List of municipalities

Cities and towns are marked in bold:

Chabařovice Chabařovice (; ) is a town in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monu ...

- Chlumec - Chuderov - Dolní Zálezly - Habrovany - Homole u Panny - Libouchec - Malé Březno - Malečov - Petrovice - Povrly - Přestanov - Řehlovice - Ryjice - Stebno - Tašov - Telnice -

Tisá Tisá () is a municipality and village in Ústí nad Labem District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name is derived from the Proto-Slavic word ''tes'' and the Czech word ''tis'', ...

- Trmice -

- Velké Březno - Velké Chvojno - Zubrnice

Geography

Ústí nad Labem District borders Germany in the north. The terrain is very varied—mostly hilly except in the west, and divided by the

Elbe The Elbe ( ; ; or ''Elv''; Upper Sorbian, Upper and , ) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Republic), then Ge ...

river valley. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Central Bohemian Uplands (most of the territory), Most Basin (west),

Ore Mountains The Ore Mountains (, or ; ) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany. The highest peaks are the Klínovec in the Czech Republic (German: ''Keilberg'') at ab ...

(north) and Elbe Sandstone Mountains (a small part in the northeast with the Tisá Rocks). The highest point of the district is the mountain Rudný vrch in Telnice with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Povrly at . From the total district area of ,

agricultural land Agricultural land is typically land ''devoted to'' agriculture, the systematic and controlled use of other organism, forms of lifeparticularly the rearing of livestock and production of cropsto produce food for humans. It is generally synonymous ...

occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 33.2% of the district's area. The most important river is the

, which drains the entire territory. The

Bílina Bílina (; ) is a town in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is known for its destination spa, spas and as a source of the strongly mineralized water, Bílinská kyselka. The ...

flows into the Elbe in Ústí nad Labem. The largest body of water is

Lake Milada Lake Milada (; formerly also known as Lake Chabařovice) is an artificial lake near Ústí nad Labem in the Czech Republic. It originated from excavation by an old coal mine and flooded former villages, Hrbovice, Tuchomyšl and Vyklice. The lake h ...

, an extensive artificial lake created by flooding mine. There are two protected landscape areas:

České Středohoří The České středohoří (), also known as Central Bohemian Uplands or Central Bohemian Highlands,e.g. ''The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 31'', Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1998, p. 371 is a geomorphological region in northern Bohemia of the ...

that extends into the district in the south and east, and Labské pískovce that extends into the district in the northeast.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Ústí nad Labem District and at least 1,000 employees are: The largest industrial employers with its headquarters in Ústí nad Labem District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport

The D8 motorway from

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

to Ústí nad Labem and Czech-German border passes through the district and constinues further to

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

. Ústí nad Labem District is an important junction. An important railway line from Prague to Dresden runs through it. The Elbe is used for ship transport.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are: * Royal field with the monument to Přemysl the Ploughman in Stadice *Church of Saint Florian in Ústí nad Labem-Krásné Březno The best-preserved settlements and landscape, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are: * Zubrnice (monument reservation) *

(monument zone) *The territory of the Battle of Kulm near Přestanov, Chlumec and Varvažov (monument zone) The most visited tourist destination is the Ústí nad Labem Zoo.

Notable people

References

External links

Ústí nad Labem District
– profile on the Czech Statistical Office website {{DEFAULTSORT:Usti Nad Labem District Districts of the Ústí nad Labem Region Administrative districts of municipalities with extended powers in the Czech Republic