Plzeň Region

Plzeň Region (Czech: Plzeňský kraj) is an administrative unit (kraj) in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (German: Pilsen).

1 Administrative Division
- 1.1 Municipalities with Extended Competence
- 1.2 Districts
2 Cities
3 Economy
4 External links

[edit] Administrative Division

[edit] Municipalities with Extended Competence

Since 2003-01-01 the region has been divided into 15 Municipalities with Extended Competence (unofficially named Little Districts (Czech: malé okresy)) which took over most of the administration of the former District Authorities. Some of these are further divided into Municipalities with Commissioned Local Authority (in brackets):

Blovice (Spálené Poříčí)
Domažlice (Kdyně)
Horažďovice
Horšovský Týn (Staňkov)
Klatovy (Nýrsko, Plánice)
Kralovice (Manětín, Plasy)
Nepomuk
Nýřany (Město Touškov, Všeruby, Třemošná)
Pilsen (Starý Plzenec)
Přeštice
Rokycany (Radnice, Zbiroh)
Stod (Dobřany, Holýšov)
Stříbro (Bezdružice)
Sušice (Kašperské Hory)
Tachov (Bor, Planá u Mariánských Lázní)

[edit] Districts

Traditionally, the region has been divided into seven Districts (Czech: okresy) which still exist as regional units though most admistration has been shifted to the Municipalities with Extended Competence and the Municipalities with Commissioned Local Authority.

Domažlice
Klatovy
Plzeň
Plzeň-jih (South)
Plzeň-sever (North)
Rokycany
Tachov

[edit] Cities

[edit] Economy

Plzeň Region is average in economic development when compared to the Czech Republic. With 5.4% of the country's entire population, it makes up 5.5% of GDP. [1] This would result in a total GDP of approximately $10.94 billion (PPP, 2005) and per capita GDP of approximately $19,900, slightly above the Czech average.