Náchod District

Náchod District Okres Náchod
District
Location in the Hradec Králové Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°28′N 16°9′E / 50.467°N 16.150°E / 50.467; 16.150
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Hradec Králové
Capital	Náchod
Area [1]
• Total	851.77 km2 (328.87 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]
• Total	110,322
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	78
* Towns	11
* Market towns	4

Náchod District (Czech: okres Náchod) is a district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Náchod.

Administrative division

Náchod District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Náchod, Broumov, Jaroměř and Nové Město nad Metují.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Adršpach – Bezděkov nad Metují – Bohuslavice – Borová – Božanov – Broumov – Brzice – Bukovice – Černčice – Červená Hora – Červený Kostelec – Česká Čermná – Česká Metuje – Česká Skalice – Chvalkovice – Dolany – Dolní Radechová – Hejtmánkovice – Heřmanice – Heřmánkovice – Horní Radechová – Hořenice – Hořičky – Hronov – Hynčice – Jaroměř – Jasenná – Jestřebí – Jetřichov – Kramolna – Křinice – Lhota pod Hořičkami – Libchyně – Litoboř – Machov – Martínkovice – Mezilečí – Mezilesí – Meziměstí – Nahořany – Náchod – Nové Město nad Metují – Nový Hrádek – Nový Ples – Otovice – Police nad Metují – Provodov-Šonov – Přibyslav – Rasošky – Rožnov – Rychnovek – Říkov – Sendraž – Šestajovice – Slatina nad Úpou – Slavětín nad Metují – Slavoňov – Šonov – Stárkov – Studnice – Suchý Důl – Teplice nad Metují – Velichovky – Velká Jesenice – Velké Petrovice – Velké Poříčí – Velký Třebešov – Vernéřovice – Vestec – Vlkov – Vršovka – Vysoká Srbská – Vysokov – Zábrodí – Zaloňov – Žďár nad Metují – Žďárky – Žernov

Geography

Náchod District borders Poland in the north and east. Most of the landscape is hilly or slightly undulating and has a foothill character. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Broumov Highlands (north), Giant Mountains Foothills (west), Orlické Foothills (southeast), Orlice Table (south) and East Elbe Table (southwest). The highest point of the district is the mountain Ruprechtický Špičák in Meziměstí with an elevation of 880 m (2,890 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Jaroměř at 245 m (804 ft).

From the total district area of 851.8 km² (328.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 521.5 km² (201.4 sq mi), forests occupy 232.4 km² (89.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 20.4 km² (7.9 sq mi). Forests cover 27.3% of the district's area.^[1]

The Elbe River crosses the territory in the southwest. The most important rivers of the district are its two tributaries: the Metuje, which originates here, and the Úpa. Another notable river is the Stěnava, which originates here and then flows to Poland. The largest body of water is the Rozkoš Reservoir.

The northern half of the district is protected as the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area.

Demographics

Most populated municipalities

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Náchod District and at least 500 employees are:^[5]

Transport

The D11 motorway (part of the European route E67) from Prague via Hradec Králové ends in the district. The E67 further continues as the I/33 road to the Czech-polish border.

Sights

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:^[7]

The most visited tourist destination are the Adršpach-Teplice Rocks.^[8]

Notable people

References

External links

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