Blansko District

Blansko District
Okres Blansko
District
Location in the South Moravian Region within the Czech Republic
Location in the South Moravian Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°28′N 16°38′E / 49.467°N 16.633°E / 49.467; 16.633
Country Czech Republic
RegionSouth Moravian
CapitalBlansko
Area
[1]
 • Total
862.43 km2 (332.99 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total
111,025
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities116
* Towns8
* Market towns9

Blansko District (Czech: okres Blansko) is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Blansko.

Administrative division

Blansko District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Blansko and Boskovice.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Adamov - Bedřichov - Benešov - Blansko - Borotín - Bořitov - Boskovice - Brťov-Jeneč - Bukovina - Bukovinka - Býkovice - Černá Hora - Černovice - Cetkovice - Chrudichromy - Crhov - Deštná - Dlouhá Lhota - Doubravice nad Svitavou - Drnovice - Habrůvka - Hodonín - Holštejn - Horní Poříčí - Horní Smržov - Jabloňany - Jedovnice - Kněževes - Knínice - Kořenec - Kotvrdovice - Kozárov - Krasová - Křetín - Krhov - Křtěnov - Křtiny - Kulířov - Kunčina Ves - Kunice - Kuničky - Kunštát - Lazinov - Lažany - Letovice - Lhota Rapotina - Lhota u Lysic - Lhota u Olešnice - Lipovec - Lipůvka - Louka - Lubě - Ludíkov - Lysice - Makov - Malá Lhota - Malá Roudka - Míchov - Milonice - Němčice - Nýrov - Obora - Okrouhlá - Olešnice - Olomučany - Ostrov u Macochy - Pamětice - Petrov - Petrovice - Prostřední Poříčí - Rájec-Jestřebí - Ráječko - Roubanina - Rozseč nad Kunštátem - Rozsíčka - Rudice - Šebetov - Sebranice - Šebrov-Kateřina - Senetářov - Skalice nad Svitavou - Skrchov - Sloup - Šošůvka - Spešov - Štěchov - Stvolová - Sudice - Suchý - Sulíkov - Světlá - Svinošice - Svitávka - Tasovice - Uhřice - Újezd u Boskovic - Újezd u Černé Hory - Úsobrno - Ústup - Valchov - Vanovice - Vavřinec - Vážany - Velenov - Velké Opatovice - Vilémovice - Vísky - Voděrady - Vranová - Vysočany - Závist - Zbraslavec - Žďár - Žďárná - Žernovník - Žerůtky

Geography

Lipovec and surrounding landscape

The landscape is rugged and it has mostly the character of highlands. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Drahany Highlands (most of the territory), Upper Svratka Highlands (northwest), Boskovice Furrow (a strip from southwest to northeast) and Svitavy Uplands (north). The highest point of the district is a contour line on the hill Skalky in Benešov with an elevation of 728 m (2,388 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Svitava in Adamov at 246 m (807 ft).

From the total district area of 862.4 km2 (333.0 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 399.9 km2 (154.4 sq mi), forests occupy 376.0 km2 (145.2 sq mi), and water area occupies 7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi). Forests cover 43.6% of the district's area.[1]

The most important river is the Svitava, which flows across the entire territory from north to south. A notable river is also the Punkva, the longest underground river in the country. There are not many bodies of water; the most notable are Letovice Reservoir and Olšovec Pond.

Most of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area lies in the district, in its southern part. It includes the Macocha Gorge and cave systems.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
186977,979—    
188081,311+4.3%
189083,332+2.5%
190087,690+5.2%
191094,148+7.4%
YearPop.±%
192193,166−1.0%
193093,512+0.4%
195087,340−6.6%
196195,891+9.8%
197098,522+2.7%
YearPop.±%
1980105,044+6.6%
1991104,106−0.9%
2001104,101−0.0%
2011105,708+1.5%
2021107,227+1.4%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name Population[2] Area (km2)
Blansko 20,185 45
Boskovice 12,190 28
Letovice 7,215 51
Adamov 4,605 4
Rájec-Jestřebí 3,732 16
Velké Opatovice 3,480 26
Jedovnice 2,982 14
Kunštát 2,854 24
Černá Hora 2,141 16
Lysice 1,944 11

Economy

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

Economic entity Location Number of employees Main activity
Blansko Hospital Blansko 500–999 Health care
Boskovice Hospital Boskovice 500–999 Health care
Jednota, spotřební družstvo v Boskovicích Boskovice 500–999 Retail sale
Minerva Boskovice Boskovice 500–999 Manufacture of sewing machines
P-D Refractories CZ Velké Opatovice 500–999 Manufacture of refractory products

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/43 (part of European route E461) from Brno to Svitavy.

Sights

Rájec nad Svitavou Castle

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]

The most visited tourist destination is the Macocha Gorge.[8]

Notable people

Main category: People from Blansko District

References

  1. ^ a b "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. ^ a b "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
  3. ^ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
  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 2023-02-15.
  6. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Blansko". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  7. ^ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Blansko". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  8. ^ "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blansko District.