Districts of The Czech Republic

In 1960, Czechoslovakia was re-divided into districts (okres, plural okresy) often without regard to traditional division and local relationships. In the area of the Czech Republic, there were 75 districts; a 76th Jeseník District was split in the 1990s from Šumperk District. Three consisted only of statutory cities (statutární města, sing. město) Brno, Ostrava and Plzeň which gained the status of districts only in 1971; the capital city of Prague (Hlavní město Praha) had a special status, but ten districts of Prague (obvody) were in some ways equivalent to okres.

A reform in effect since January 2003 replaced the districts with 204 Municipalities with Extended Competence (obce s rozšířenou působností; also obce III. stupně - third-level municipalities, unofficially also called "little districts" (Czech: 'malé okresy') which took over most of the administration of the former district authorities. Some of these are further divided between Municipalities with Commissioned Local Authority (obce s pověřeným obecním úřadem, shortened to pověřená obec, pl. pověřené obce; "second-level municipalities"). The old districts still exist as territorial units and remain as seats of some of the offices, especially courts. In 2007 the borders of the districts were slightly adjusted and 119 municipalities are now within different districts.

Region
(Kraj)		 District
(Okres)		 Area
(km2)		 Population
(2002)		 Number of
municipalities
Karlovy Vary Region
(Karlovarský kraj)

Cheb 933 89,107 39
Karlovy Vary 1628 121,886 55
Sokolov 753 93,227 38
Central Bohemian Region
(Středočeský kraj)

Benešov 1524 93,220 115
Beroun 662 76,101 85
Kladno 692 150,181 100
Kolín 846 95,523 100
Kutná Hora 917 73,337 88
Mělník 712 94,868 70
Mladá Boleslav 1058 114,042 123
Nymburk 876 84,784 87
Praha-východ (East) 584 98,453 91
Praha-západ (West) 586 86,777 80
Příbram 1628 107,260 120
Rakovník 930 54,128 84
Hradec Králové Region
(Královéhradecký kraj)

Hradec Králové 875 159,622 101
Jičín 887 77,368 111
Náchod 851 112,448 78
Rychnov nad Kněžnou 998 79,003 83
Trutnov 1147 119,996 75
Liberec Region
(Liberecký kraj)

Česká Lípa 1137 106,411 59
Jablonec nad Nisou 402 88,232 34
Liberec 925 158,988 57
Semily 699 74,660 65
Moravian-Silesian Region
(Moravskoslezský kraj)

Bruntál 1658 104,480 67
Frýdek-Místek 1273 226,592 72
Karviná 347 277,244 17
Nový Jičín 918 159,473 53
Opava 1144 180,769 77
Ostrava 214 314,102 13
Olomouc Region
(Olomoucký kraj)

Jeseník 719 42,251 24
Olomouc 1451 224,156 92
Přerov 884 138,895 104
Prostějov 770 109,524 96
Šumperk 1316 125,924 78
Pardubice Region
(Pardubický kraj)

Chrudim 1030 104,748 113
Pardubice 889 160,251 115
Svitavy 1335 101,832 113
Ústí nad Orlicí 1265 138,753 111
Plzeň Region
(Plzeňský kraj)

Domažlice 1140 58,895 86
Klatovy 1939 87,680 95
Plzeň 125 163,791 15
Plzeň-jih (South) 1080 68,495 90
Plzeň-sever (North) 1323 73,610 98
Rokycany 575 45,574 68
Tachov 1379 51,329 51
Prague (Hlavní město Praha)

Prague 496 1,181,610 1
South Bohemian Region
(Jihočeský kraj)

České Budějovice 1625 178,523 107
Český Krumlov 1615 59,817 46
Jindřichův Hradec 1944 92,846 106
Písek 1138 70,419 76
Prachatice 1375 51.410 65
Strakonice 1032 69,496 112
Tábor 1327 102,586 111
South Moravian Region
(Jihomoravský kraj)

Blansko 943 107,454 130
Břeclav 1173 123,265 69
Brno 230 729,509 1
Brno-venkov 1108 161,269 137
Hodonín 1086 158,602 81
Vyškov 889 114,061 81
Znojmo 1637 114,061 148
Ústí nad Labem Region
(Ústecký kraj)

Chomutov 935 124,744 44
Děčín 909 133,631 52
Litoměřice 1032 114,497 105
Louny 1118 85,830 70
Most 467 116,786 26
Teplice 469 126,635 34
Ústí nad Labem 405 117,589 23
Vysočina Region
(Vysočina)

Havlíčkův Brod 1265 94,778 120
Jihlava 1180 108,404 121
Pelhřimov 1290 72,219 120
Třebíč 1518 116,415 173
Žďár nad Sázavou 1672 118,216 195
Zlín Region
(Zlínský kraj)

Kroměříž 799 107,852 80
Uherské Hradiště 991 143,763 78
Vsetín District 1143 145,875 59
Zlín 1030 192,994 87

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