Semily District
Okres Semily
District
Location in the Liberec Region within the Czech Republic
Location in the Liberec Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°36′N 15°24′E / 50.600°N 15.400°E / 50.600; 15.400
Country Czech Republic
RegionLiberec
CapitalSemily
Area
[1]
 • Total662.32 km2 (255.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total73,004
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities64
* Towns8
* Market towns1

Semily District (Czech: okres Semily) is a district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Semily, but the most populated town is Turnov.

Administrative division

Semily District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Semily, Jilemnice and Turnov. Turnov is the only such administrative district in the country, whose borders do not correspond to the borders of the district, and extends also to the neighbouring districts of Jablonec nad Nisou and Liberec.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Bělá - Benecko - Benešov u Semil - Bozkov - Bradlecká Lhota - Bukovina u Čisté - Bystrá nad Jizerou - Chuchelna - Čistá u Horek - Háje nad Jizerou - Holenice - Horka u Staré Paky - Horní Branná - Hrubá Skála - Jablonec nad Jizerou - Jesenný - Jestřabí v Krkonoších - Jilemnice - Kacanovy - Karlovice - Klokočí - Košťálov - Kruh - Ktová - Levínská Olešnice - Libštát - Lomnice nad Popelkou - Loučky - Martinice v Krkonoších - Mírová pod Kozákovem - Modřišice - Mříčná - Nová Ves nad Popelkou - Ohrazenice - Olešnice - Paseky nad Jizerou - Peřimov - Poniklá - Přepeře - Příkrý - Radostná pod Kozákovem - Rakousy - Rokytnice nad Jizerou - Roprachtice - Rovensko pod Troskami - Roztoky u Jilemnice - Roztoky u Semil - Semily - Slaná - Stružinec - Studenec - Svojek - Syřenov - Tatobity - Troskovice - Turnov - Veselá - Víchová nad Jizerou - Vítkovice - Všeň - Vyskeř - Vysoké nad Jizerou - Záhoří - Žernov

Geography

Krčkovice and surrounding landscape

Semily District briefly borders Poland in the north. The terrain is very diverse, mountainous in the north, foothills in the middle and slightly undulating in the south. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Giant Mountains Foothills (most of the territory), Giant Mountains (north), Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge (a strip from west to south) and Jičín Uplands (southwest). The highest point of the district and of the entire Liberec Region is the mountain Kotel in Vítkovice with an elevation of 1,435 m (4,708 ft), the 10th highest mountain in the country. The lowest point is the river bed of the Jizera in Všeň at 236 m (774 ft).

From the total district area of 662.3 km2 (255.7 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 368.8 km2 (142.4 sq mi), forests occupy 229.0 km2 (88.4 sq mi), and water area occupies 6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi). Forests cover 23.2% of the district's area.[1]

The most important river is the Jizera, which crosses the territory from north to southwest. Its longest tributaries in the district are the Oleška and Jizerka. The Cidlina originates here, but soon after leaves the district. The area is poor in bodies of water.

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 west, two separate parts of the Bohemian Paradise Protected Landscape Area lie within the district. A small part of the Jizerské hory Protected Landscape Area also extends into the territory, although the Jizera Mountains range itself does not extend into the district.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1869106,240—    
1880106,920+0.6%
1890110,475+3.3%
1900109,887−0.5%
1910113,374+3.2%
YearPop.±%
1921102,005−10.0%
1930103,848+1.8%
195080,681−22.3%
196178,072−3.2%
197076,631−1.8%
YearPop.±%
198076,503−0.2%
199175,547−1.2%
200175,355−0.3%
201173,605−2.3%
202170,590−4.1%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name Population[2] Area (km2)
Turnov14,47223
Semily8,16316
Lomnice nad Popelkou5,58526
Jilemnice5,43914
Rokytnice nad Jizerou2,59937
Horní Branná1,88021
Studenec1,84717
Mírová pod Kozákovem1,76019
Jablonec nad Jizerou1,67222
Košťálov1,64120

Economy

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

Economic entity Location Number of employees Main activity
DevroJilemnice1,000–1,499Manufacture of plastic products
MMNJilemnice500–999Health care
Grupo Antolin TurnovTurnov500–999Manufacture of plastic products
KamaxTurnov500–999Treatment and coating of metals
Ontex CZTurnov500–999Manufacture of hygiene aids

Transport

The D10 motorway from Prague, which further continues as the R/35 expressway to Liberec, runs along the western border of the district. The most important roads in the district are the I/10 road (part of the European route E65) from Turnov to the Czech-Polish border, the I/35 road (part of European route E442) to Hradec Králové, and the I/14 road from Liberec to Trutnov.

Sights

Trosky Castle

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

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

The most visited tourist destinations are the Trosky Castle and Valdštejn Castle.[8]

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  2. 1 2 "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2023". Czech Statistical Office. 2023-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky - 1869–2011: Okres Semily". 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 2023-03-28.
  6. ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Semily". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  7. ↑ "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Semily". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  8. ↑ "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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