Trutnov District
Okres Trutnov
District
Location in the Hradec Králové Region within the Czech Republic
Location in the Hradec Králové Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°34′N 15°49′E / 50.567°N 15.817°E / 50.567; 15.817
Country Czech Republic
RegionHradec Králové
CapitalTrutnov
Area
[1]
 • Total1,146.74 km2 (442.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total117,192
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities75
* Towns12
* Market towns4

Trutnov District (Czech: okres Trutnov) is a district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Trutnov.

Administrative division

Trutnov District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Trutnov, Dvůr Králové nad Labem and Vrchlabí.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Batňovice - Bernartice - Bílá Třemešná - Bílé Poličany - Borovnice - Borovnička - Čermná - Černý Důl - Chotěvice - Choustníkovo Hradiště - Chvaleč - Dolní Branná - Dolní Brusnice - Dolní Dvůr - Dolní Kalná - Dolní Lánov - Dolní Olešnice - Doubravice - Dubenec - Dvůr Králové nad Labem - Hajnice - Havlovice - Horní Brusnice - Horní Kalná - Horní Maršov - Horní Olešnice - Hostinné - Hřibojedy - Janské Lázně - Jívka - Klášterská Lhota - Kocbeře - Kohoutov - Královec - Kuks - Kunčice nad Labem - Lampertice - Lánov - Lanžov - Libňatov - Libotov - Litíč - Malá Úpa - Malé Svatoňovice - Maršov u Úpice - Mladé Buky - Mostek - Nemojov - Pec pod Sněžkou - Pilníkov - Prosečné - Radvanice - Rtyně v Podkrkonoší - Rudník - Špindlerův Mlýn - Stanovice - Staré Buky - Strážné - Suchovršice - Svoboda nad Úpou - Třebihošť - Trotina - Trutnov - Úpice - Velké Svatoňovice - Velký Vřešťov - Vilantice - Vítězná - Vlčice - Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší - Vrchlabí - Zábřezí-Řečice - Žacléř - Zdobín - Zlatá Olešnice

Geography

Vrchlabí and surrounding landscape

Trutnov District borders Poland in the north. The territory of the district has a highly fragmented terrain with large differences in height. The mountain massif in the north gradually turns into uplands that continues to the south of the district. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Giant Mountains (north), Giant Mountains Foothills (centre), Broumov Highlands (northeast), Jičín Uplands (south) and East Elbe Table (small part in the south). The highest point of the district and of the entire country is the mountain Sněžka in Pec pod Sněžkou with an elevation of 1,603 m (5,259 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Kuks at 264 m (866 ft).

From the total district area of 1,146.7 km2 (442.7 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 495.4 km2 (191.3 sq mi), forests occupy 539.4 km2 (208.3 sq mi), and water area occupies 12.0 km2 (4.6 sq mi). Forests cover 47.0% of the district's area.[1]

The most important river is the Elbe, which originates here and crosses the territory from northwest to south. The Úpa also originates here, flows through the eastern part of the district and flows into the Elbe outside the district. Other notable rivers that originate here, but soon after leave the territory, are the Bóbr and Bystřice. The area is poor in bodies of water. The largest body of water is the Les Království Reservoir.

Most of the Giant Mountains area of the district is protected as the Krkonoše National Park and belongs to the most valuable area of the country thanks to a significant amount of rare flora and fauna. In the east, the Broumovsko Protected Landscape Area extends into the district.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869146,218—    
1880153,935+5.3%
1890159,164+3.4%
1900166,056+4.3%
1910174,998+5.4%
YearPop.±%
1921157,023−10.3%
1930165,171+5.2%
1950127,666−22.7%
1961124,014−2.9%
1970121,459−2.1%
YearPop.±%
1980124,237+2.3%
1991121,414−2.3%
2001120,777−0.5%
2011118,174−2.2%
2021113,530−3.9%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name Population[2] Area (km2)
Trutnov29,660103
Dvůr Králové nad Labem15,34836
Vrchlabí12,20528
Úpice5,49815
Hostinné4,2738
Žacléř3,09222
Rtyně v Podkrkonoší2,93214
Mladé Buky2,31527
Svoboda nad Úpou2,0328
Rudník2,02443

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Trutnov District and at least 500 employees are:[5]

Economic entity Location Number of employees Main activity
Vitesco Technologies Czech RepublicTrutnov4,000–4,999Manufacture of electrical equipment
JutaDvůr Králové nad Labem2,000–2,499Manufacture of technical and industrial textiles
Regional Hospital TrutnovTrutnov1,000–1,499Health care
TE Connectivity TrutnovTrutnov1,000–1,499Manufacture of electronic components
Státní léčebné lázně Janské LázněJanské Lázně500–999Health care
Hitachi Energy Czech RepublicTrutnov500–999Manufacture of electricity distribution apparatus
ARGO-HYTOSVrchlabí500–999Manufacture of components for the hydraulic industry

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important roads are the I/14 from Náchod to Liberec, the I/16 from Jičín to the Czech-Polish border, and the I/37, which connects Trutnov with the D11 motorway.

Sights

Kuks Hospital

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:[6]

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:[7]

Five of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Hradec Králové Region are located in Trutnov District. The most visited tourist destinations are Safari Park Dvůr Králové, Sněžka–Pec pod Sněžkou cable car, Krkonoše Tree Top Trail in Janské Lázně, Baroque complex in Kuks, and hiking trail from Špindlerův Mlýn-Jelení Boudy to Sněžka.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. 1 2 "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Okres Trutnov" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21. pp. 1–2.
  4. ↑ "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
  5. ↑ "Registr ekonomických subjektů". Business Register (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  6. ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Trutnov". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  7. ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Trutnov". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  8. ↑ "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
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