Čilá is a municipality and village in
Rokycany District
Rokycany District () is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Rokycany.
Administrative division
Rokycany District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: ...
in the
Plzeň Region
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of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 20 inhabitants.
Čilá lies approximately north-east of
Rokycany
Rokycany (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone.
Admini ...
, north-east of
Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...
, and west of
Prague
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.
History
The first written mention of Čilá is from 1379. During the
Thirty Years' War
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, the village was abandoned, and was restored only in 1715.
From 1848 to 1935, Čilá was part of
Hradiště. From 1935 to 1960, it was an independent municipality. From 1961 to 1990, Čilá was a municipal part of
Podmokly.
Demographics
References
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Villages in Rokycany District
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