Plzeň-City District
district of the Czech Republic
Plzeň-City District (Czech: okres Plzeň-město) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň.
Administrative division
Plzeň-City District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Plzeň.
List of municipalities
Cities and towns are marked in bold:
Dýšina -
Chrást -
Chválenice -
Kyšice -
Letkov -
Lhůta -
Losiná -
Mokrouše -
Nezbavětice -
Nezvěstice -
Plzeň -
Starý Plzenec -
Šťáhlavy -
Štěnovický Borek -
Tymákov
Geography
The terrain goes from slightly undulating in the west to hilly in the east. The territory extends into two geomorphological mesoregions: Švihov Highlands (southeast) and Plasy Uplands (northwest). The highest point of the district is the hill Radyně in Starý Plzenec with an elevation of 567 m (1,860 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Berounka in Chrást at 290 m (950 ft).
From the total district area of 261.4 km2 (100.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 124.0 km2 (47.9 sq mi), forests occupy 65.5 km2 (25.3 sq mi), and water area occupies 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi). Forests cover 25.0% of the district's area.
Four significant rivers flow into the district: Mže, Radbuza, Úhlava and Úslava. Their confluence in Plzeň forms the Berounka River, which flows along the district border further to the northeast.
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