Smíchov

Also known as Smichov

Smíchov () has, since 1922, been a district and cadastral area of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and is part of Prague 5. It is on the west bank of the Vltava river.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Smíchov
Settlement.settlement_type: Cadastral Area of Prague
Settlement.image_skyline: Vltava River Smichov and Petrin as seen from Vysehrad.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Smíchov, on the left bank of the river Vltava as seen from Vyšehrad
Settlement.image_map: Praha KÚ Smíchov.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Smíchov in Prague
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Czech Republic
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Prague
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3

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Smíchov () has, since 1922, been a district and cadastral area of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and is part of Prague 5. It is on the west bank of the Vltava river.

==History== It was only on 22 February 1903, that Smíchov was granted municipal government by Imperial decree and on 21 January 1904, Smíchov was granted a municipal coat of arms. In 1910 population of Smíchov was 51,791. After the First World War on the basis of the Act on Greater Prague, Smíchov was attached to Greater Prague in 1922 as part of its new urban district Prague XVI.