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Districts of the Czech Republic 
Also known as Okresy Okresy České Republiky Location Czech Republic Found in Regions of the Czech Republic (10) Created 1960 Abolished 2003 Number 76 (as of 2003) Possible status still exist as territorial units Subdivisions Municipalities with Extended Competence (204) Czech Republic 
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In 1960, Czechoslovakia was re-divided into districts (okres, plural okresy) often without regard to traditional division and local relationships. In the area of the Czech Republic, there were 75 districts; a 76th Jeseník District was split in the 1990s from Šumperk District. Three consisted only of statutory cities (statutární města, sing. město) Brno, Ostrava and Plzeň which gained the status of districts only in 1971; the capital city of Prague (Hlavní město Praha) had a special status, but ten districts of Prague (obvody) were in some ways equivalent to okres.
A reform in effect since January 2003 replaced the districts with 204 Municipalities with Extended Competence (obce s rozšířenou působností; also obce III. stupně - third-level municipalities, unofficially also called "little districts" (Czech: 'malé okresy') which took over most of the administration of the former district authorities. Some of these are further divided between Municipalities with Commissioned Local Authority (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem, shortened to pověřená obec, pl. pověřené obce; "second-level municipalities"). The old districts still exist as territorial units and remain as seats of some of the offices, especially courts. In 2007 the borders of the districts were slightly adjusted and 119 municipalities are now within different districts.
Region
(Kraj)District
(Okres)Area
(km2)Population
(2002)Number of
municipalitiesKarlovy Vary Region
(Karlovarský kraj)
Cheb 933 89,107 39 Karlovy Vary 1628 121,886 55 Sokolov 753 93,227 38 Central Bohemian Region
(Středočeský kraj)
Benešov 1524 93,220 115 Beroun 662 76,101 85 Kladno 692 150,181 100 Kolín 846 95,523 100 Kutná Hora 917 73,337 88 Mělník 712 94,868 70 Mladá Boleslav 1058 114,042 123 Nymburk 876 84,784 87 Praha-východ (East) 584 98,453 91 Praha-západ (West) 586 86,777 80 Příbram 1628 107,260 120 Rakovník 930 54,128 84 Hradec Králové Region
(Královéhradecký kraj)
Hradec Králové 875 159,622 101 Jičín 887 77,368 111 Náchod 851 112,448 78 Rychnov nad Kněžnou 998 79,003 83 Trutnov 1147 119,996 75 Liberec Region
(Liberecký kraj)
Česká Lípa 1137 106,411 59 Jablonec nad Nisou 402 88,232 34 Liberec 925 158,988 57 Semily 699 74,660 65 Moravian-Silesian Region
(Moravskoslezský kraj)
Bruntál 1658 104,480 67 Frýdek-Místek 1273 226,592 72 Karviná 347 277,244 17 Nový Jičín 918 159,473 53 Opava 1144 180,769 77 Ostrava 214 314,102 13 Olomouc Region
(Olomoucký kraj)
Jeseník 719 42,251 24 Olomouc 1451 224,156 92 Přerov 884 138,895 104 Prostějov 770 109,524 96 Šumperk 1316 125,924 78 Pardubice Region
(Pardubický kraj)
Chrudim 1030 104,748 113 Pardubice 889 160,251 115 Svitavy 1335 101,832 113 Ústí nad Orlicí 1265 138,753 111 Plzeň Region
(Plzeňský kraj)
Domažlice 1140 58,895 86 Klatovy 1939 87,680 95 Plzeň 125 163,791 15 Plzeň-jih (South) 1080 68,495 90 Plzeň-sever (North) 1323 73,610 98 Rokycany 575 45,574 68 Tachov 1379 51,329 51 Prague (Hlavní město Praha) 
Prague 496 1,181,610 1 South Bohemian Region
(Jihočeský kraj)
České Budějovice 1625 178,523 107 Český Krumlov 1615 59,817 46 Jindřichův Hradec 1944 92,846 106 Písek 1138 70,419 76 Prachatice 1375 51.410 65 Strakonice 1032 69,496 112 Tábor 1327 102,586 111 South Moravian Region
(Jihomoravský kraj)
Blansko 943 107,454 130 Břeclav 1173 123,265 69 Brno 230 729,509 1 Brno-venkov 1108 161,269 137 Hodonín 1086 158,602 81 Vyškov 889 114,061 81 Znojmo 1637 114,061 148 Ústí nad Labem Region
(Ústecký kraj)
Chomutov 935 124,744 44 Děčín 909 133,631 52 Litoměřice 1032 114,497 105 Louny 1118 85,830 70 Most 467 116,786 26 Teplice 469 126,635 34 Ústí nad Labem 405 117,589 23 Vysočina Region
(Vysočina)
Havlíčkův Brod 1265 94,778 120 Jihlava 1180 108,404 121 Pelhřimov 1290 72,219 120 Třebíč 1518 116,415 173 Žďár nad Sázavou 1672 118,216 195 Zlín Region
(Zlínský kraj)
Kroměříž 799 107,852 80 Uherské Hradiště 991 143,763 78 Vsetín District 1143 145,875 59 Zlín 1030 192,994 87 See also
- Regions of the Czech Republic
- ISO 3166-2:CZ
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