Plavy
village in Jablonec nad Nisou District of Liberec region
Plavy is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division
Plavy consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Plavy (524)
Haratice (488)
Etymology
The name is derived from the Czech word plav, which denoted a place where timber was rafted.
Geography
Plavy is located about 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Jablonec nad Nisou and 18 km (11 mi) east of Liberec. It lies mostly in the Giant Mountains Foothills, only a small part of the municipal territory in the northwest extends into the Jizera Mountains. The highest point is at 580 m (1,900 ft) above sea level. The Kamenice River flows through the municipality.
History
The first written mention of Plavy is from 1624.
Demographics
Transport
The I/10 road (part of the European route E65) from Turnov to the Czech-Polish border in Harrachov runs through the municipality.
Plavy is located on the railway line Prague–Tanvald.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Plavy” as village in Jablonec nad Nisou District of Liberec region. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Jablonec nad Nisou District of Liberec region. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2535444. Authority coordinates are 50.703, 15.317. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 1624.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Plavy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.