Smíchov
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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.
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
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- Praha KÚ Smíchov.png
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- 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
- Prague 5
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.05
- Settlement.population_total
- 34987
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +1
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Smíchov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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