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Plzeň-North District

Okres Plzeň-sever
Plzeň-North District Okres Plzeň-sever
District
	Location in the Plzeň Region within the Czech Republic
	Coordinates: 49°54′N 13°16′E / 49.900°N 13.267°E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
Capital	Plzeň
Area
• Total	1,286.75 km2 (496.82 sq mi)
Population (2024)
• Total	83,421
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	98
* Towns	11
* Market towns	0

Plzeň-North District (Czech: okres Plzeň-sever) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň. The most populated town of the district is Nýřany.

Administrative division

Plzeň-North District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Kralovice and Nýřany.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold:

Bdeněves - Bezvěrov - Bílov - Blatnice - Blažim - Bohy - Brodeslavy - Bučí - Čeminy - Černíkovice - Čerňovice - Česká Bříza - Chotíkov - Chříč - Dobříč - Dolany - Dolní Bělá - Dolní Hradiště - Dražeň - Druztová - Heřmanova Huť - Hlince - Hněvnice - Holovousy - Horní Bělá - Horní Bříza - Hromnice - Hvozd - Jarov - Kaceřov - Kaznějov - Kbelany - Kočín - Kopidlo - Koryta - Kozojedy - Kozolupy - Kožlany - Kralovice - Krašovice - Křelovice - Krsy - Kunějovice - Ledce - Líně - Líšťany - Líté - Lochousice - Loza - Manětín - Město Touškov - Mladotice - Mrtník - Myslinka - Nadryby - Nečtiny - Nekmíř - Nevřeň - Nýřany - Obora - Ostrov u Bezdružic - Pastuchovice - Pernarec - Pláně - Plasy - Plešnice - Pňovany - Potvorov - Přehýšov - Příšov - Rochlov - Rybnice - Sedlec - Slatina - Štichovice - Studená - Tatiná - Tis u Blatna - Tlučná - Třemošná - Trnová - Úherce - Újezd nade Mží - Úlice - Úněšov - Úterý - Vejprnice - Velečín - Vochov - Všehrdy - Všeruby - Výrov - Vysoká Libyně - Zahrádka - Zbůch - Žihle - Žilov - Zruč-Senec

Geography

The terrain is undulating, most of the territory has the character of uplands. The territory extends into three geomorphological mesoregions: Plasy Uplands (most of the territory), Rakovník Uplands (north) and Teplá Highlands (small part in the northwest). The highest point of the district is below the top of the mountain Stěnský vrch in Úterý with an elevation of 756 m (2,480 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Berounka in Chříč at 258 m (846 ft).

From the total district area of 1,286.8 km² (496.8 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 647.7 km² (250.1 sq mi), forests occupy 520.9 km² (201.1 sq mi), and water area occupies 16.9 km² (6.5 sq mi). Forests cover 40.5% of the district's area.^[1]

The Berounka forms the district border in the east. The longest river in the district is its tributary Střela. The southern part of the district is crossed by the Mže. The territory is poor in bodies of water. The largest body of water is Hracholusky Reservoir, built on the Mže.

There are no large-scale protected areas.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	71,213	—
1880	78,964	+10.9%
1890	81,999	+3.8%
1900	83,394	+1.7%
1910	88,349	+5.9%

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	91,270	+3.3%
1930	95,367	+4.5%
1950	69,376	−27.3%
1961	73,598	+6.1%
1970	70,251	−4.5%

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	70,280	+0.0%
1991	68,420	−2.6%
2001	69,015	+0.9%
2011	74,940	+8.6%
2021	79,917	+6.6%

Source: Censuses^[3]^[4]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population^[2]	Area (km²)
Nýřany	6,960	23
Třemošná	5,051	18
Vejprnice	4,593	10
Horní Bříza	4,191	15
Kralovice	3,493	40
Zruč-Senec	3,486	9
Tlučná	3,357	7
Kaznějov	3,112	12
Zbůch	2,999	9
Plasy	2,963	57

Economy

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

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
LB Minerals	Horní Bříza	500–999	Mining of clays and kaolin
NOVEM Car Interior Design	Město Touškov	500–999	Automotive industry
Best	Rybnice	500–999	Manufacture of concrete products
Faurecia Plzeň	Úherce	500–999	Automotive industry

Transport

The D5 motorway (part of the European route E50) from Prague to Plzeň and the Czech-German border passes through the southern part of the district. Another important road in the district is the I/20 (part of European route E49) from Karlovy Vary to Písek via Plzeň.