Loket

Geobox | Settlement
name = Loket
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category = Town

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country = Czech Republic
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state =
region = Karlovy Vary
region_type = Region
district = Sokolov
district_type = District
commune = Sokolov
municipality = Loket
part =
river = Ohře
location =
elevation = 427
lat_d = 50
lat_m = 11
lat_s = 19
lat_NS = N
long_d = 12
long_m = 45
long_s = 05
long_EW = E
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area = 26.74
area_round = 2
population = 3177
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population_density = auto
established = 12th century
established_type = Founded
mayor = Jaroslav Hlavsa
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map_locator = Czechia
commons = Loket
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website = [http://www.loket.cz/ www.loket.cz]
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Loket ( _de. Elbogen) is a town of some 3,000 inhabitants in the Sokolov district in the Karlovy Vary region of the Czech Republic.

Loket means "elbow" in english. The town is named this due to the town centre being surrounded on 3 sides by the Ohře River, and the shape the river takes is similar to that of an elbow. The town centre itself features Loket Castle,a 12th century gothic castle. The town centre is a national monument and as such is preserved from modern developments.

The town plays host to an annual opera festival, which takes played in an open air amphitheatre with the castle as a backdrop, and also plays host to the Czech Motocross Grand Prix. Loket was also used to portray Montenegro in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale

External links

* [http://www.loketfestival.info/en_html/loket.htm Loket]
* [http://www.loket.cz/english/index.php Loket website] en icon