Kutrovice () is a municipality and village in

Kladno District Kladno District () is a Okres, district in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Kladno. Administrative division Kladno District is divided into two Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extend ...

in the

Central Bohemian Region The Central Bohemian Region ( ; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the central part of its historical region of Bohemia. Its administrative centre is in the Czech capital Prague, which lies in the centre of the regio ...

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 ...

. It has about 100 inhabitants.

Etymology

The name is derived from the personal name Kutra, meaning "the village of Kutra's people".

Geography

Kutrovice is located about north of

Kladno Kladno (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 70,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and has a rich industrial history. Administrative division Kladno consists of six municipal parts ...

and northwest of

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 ...

. It lies in an agricultural landscape of the

Lower Ohře Table The Lower Ohře Table () is a plateau and a geomorphological mesoregion of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Ústí nad Labem and Central Bohemian regions. Geomorphology The Lower Ohře Table is a mesoregion of the Central Bohemian Tab ...

. The highest point is at above sea level. The stream

Bakovský potok The Bakovský potok is a stream in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Vltava River. It flows through the Central Bohemian Region. It is long. Etymology The name means "Bakov stream". Bakov is a village within the Beřovice municipality i ...

flows through the municipality.

History

The first written mention of Kutrovice is from 1366.

Demographics

Transport

The I/7 road from Prague to

Chomutov Chomutov (; ) is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. There are almost 80,000 inhabitants in the city's wider metropolitan area. The historic city centre is well preserved and is protected as ...

, which replaces the unfinished section of the D7 motorway, runs through the municipality.

Sights

Kutrovice is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a small Baroque chapel from the first half of the 19th century.

References

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* {{authority control Villages in Kladno District