Liberec Region
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Liberec Region (Template:Langx) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the northernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after its capital Liberec. The region shares international borders with Germany and Poland. Domestically the region borders the Ústí nad Labem Region to the west, the Central Bohemian Region to the south and the Hradec Králové Region to the east.
Administrative divisions
The Liberec Region is divided into 4 districts:<ref name=csu>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Overlay Template:Clear At a lower level, the region has 215 municipalities, comprising 65 in the Semily District, 59 in the Jablonec nad Nisou District, 57 in the Česká Lípa District and 34 in the Liberec District.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cities and towns
The table below gives an overview of towns and cities in the region that have at least 7,000 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2024).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Name | Population | Area (km2) | District |
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| File:Flag of Liberec.svg Liberec | 107,982 | 106 | Liberec District |
| File:Jablonec-vlajka.svg Jablonec nad Nisou | 46,226 | 31 | Jablonec nad Nisou District |
| File:Flag of Česká Lípa.svg Česká Lípa | 37,483 | 66 | Česká Lípa District |
 Turnov |
14,502 | 23 | Semily District |
 Nový Bor |
11,412 | 20 | Česká Lípa District |
| Error creating thumbnail: Semily | 8,081 | 16 | Semily District |
| File:Flag of Hradek nad Nisou.svg Hrádek nad Nisou | 7,932 | 49 | Liberec District |
| File:Frýdlant CoA CZ.svg Frýdlant | 7,388 | 32 | Liberec District |
Physical geography
The region's landscape includes the Jizera Mountains, part of the Krkonoše Mountains and part of the Lusatian Mountains.<ref name=czechcz>Template:Cite web</ref>
The region was affected by flash floods in August 2010, with swelling of the river Smědá being one of the factors to prompt evacuation efforts in the region.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
As of 1 January 2019, the population of the Liberec Region was 442,356 with 217,791 men and 224,565 women, accounting for 49.2% and 50.8% of the population respectively.<ref name=csu/>
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Economy
The Liberec Region hosts manufacturing, glassmaking, mechanical engineering and jewellery production industries among others.<ref name=czechcz/> The region is part of the so-called Black Triangle, an area of heavy industrialization and environmental damage on the three-way border of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic.<ref>Template:Cite web page 9</ref>
Culture
The Liberec Region is home to 11 national cultural monuments including Bezděz Castle, Dlaskův statek in Dolánky u Turnova and the Ještěd Tower which transmits television signals as well as being a hotel.<ref name=cultural-monuments>Template:Cite web</ref> 2013 saw the proposal of an additional two sites to the list, those being a glass grinding plant in Harrachov dating from 1895 and the Janatův Mlýn watermill in Buřany, Jablonec nad Jizerou part of which remains from 1767.<ref name=cultural-monuments/>
A Neolithic site dating to around 4,500 BC was uncovered in 2007 near the village of Příšovice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Lake Mácha near the town of Doksy is an important regional centre for leisure, attracting around 30,000 visitors annually.<ref name=machovo1>Template:Cite news</ref> The vicinity of the lake has a caravan park and hosts an annual music festival called Template:Lang, which was attended by approximately 8,000 people in 2013.<ref name=machovo1/><ref name=machovo2>Template:Cite web</ref>
Since the region was for a long time part of the Holy Roman Empire, and later (in 1938–1945) the major part of the region was a part of Germany as part of Sudetenland, the local buildings and the culture in general have been influenced by the Germans, also considering the fact that parts of the region were populated by a majority of Sudeten Germans, prior to their expulsion after World War II.
Transport
The region is linked to Prague by the D10 motorway, which terminates in the town of Turnov. The length of operated railway lines in the region is Template:Convert.<ref name=transport2013>Template:Cite web</ref> Three airports are in the region; Hradčany Airport, a disused military airport near the town of Ralsko, is the most significant. Other minor airports exist in Česká Lípa and Hodkovice nad Mohelkou.
Education
The region is home to the public Technical University of Liberec, which was founded in 1953. The university, which originally specialized in Mechanical and Textile Engineering, added a further four faculties in the 1990s, namely those specialising in Education, Economy, Architecture and Mechatronics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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