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Louny
Sign in to saveLouny (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
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Louny is a city and municipality in the Czech Republic, located in the Louny District within the Ústecký kraj region. The town has at various times been part of the Austrian Empire, Austria–Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. It lies next to the Ohře river at an elevation of 185 meters above sea level. The earliest written record of Louny dates to 1115, while its inception is marked as 1200.
The municipality contains the administrative territorial entities of Nečichy and Brloh. It shares borders with Raná, Smolnice, Chlumčany, and Chraberce. Louny is twinned with Zschopau, Veneux-les-Sablons, Lučenec, and Barendrecht. The local population is recorded as 23,034 in one dataset and 18,068 in another. Residents are referred to by the demonyms Louňan, Louňanka, Louňák, and Louňačka.
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Place details
- Locality
- Louny
- Region
- Ústecký kraj
- Country
- Česko
- Population
- 18,068
- Timezone
- Europe/Prague
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Louny
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dny evropského dědictví 2013 - prohlídka lounské vodárny 10.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View from the south
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Louny.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Louny CoA CZ.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ústí nad Labem
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Louny
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Czech Republic
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Milan Rychtařík
- Settlement.leader_party
- ANO
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Administrative division
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Sights
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Louny (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
==Administrative division== Louny consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Louny (17,318) Brloh (143) Nečichy (102)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Louny” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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