Hořice
Hořice (; ) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,500 inhabitants. The history of the town is connected to the stone mining in the area, which caused its economic growth. The town is known for its secondary school of applied arts and for the production of the traditional confectionery Hořické trubičky.
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- Locality
- Hořice
- Region
- Královéhradecký kraj
- Country
- Česko
- Population
- 8,899
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- Notable people
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Hořice (; ) is a town in Jičín District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,500 inhabitants. The history of the town is connected to the stone mining in the area, which caused its economic growth. The town is known for its secondary school of applied arts and for the production of the traditional confectionery Hořické trubičky.
==Administrative division== Hořice consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Hořice (7,576) Březovice (92) Chlum (124) Chvalina (63) Doubrava (56) Libonice (274) Svatogothardská Lhota (0)
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