Česká Lípa District

Česká Lípa District (Czech: okres Česká Lípa) is a district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Česká Lípa.

Česká Lípa District Okres Česká Lípa
District
Location in the Liberec Region within the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 50°39′N 14°38′E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Liberec
Capital	Česká Lípa
Area [1]
• Total	1,072.87 km2 (414.24 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	103,510
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Municipalities	57
* Towns	11
* Market towns	1

Administrative division

Česká Lípa District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Česká Lípa and Nový Bor.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Bezděz - Blatce - Blíževedly - Bohatice - Brniště - Česká Lípa - Chlum - Chotovice - Cvikov - Doksy - Dubá - Dubnice - Hamr na Jezeře - Holany - Horní Libchava - Horní Police - Jestřebí - Kamenický Šenov - Kozly - Kravaře - Krompach - Kunratice u Cvikova - Kvítkov - Luka - Mařenice - Mimoň - Noviny pod Ralskem - Nový Bor - Nový Oldřichov - Okna - Okrouhlá - Pertoltice pod Ralskem - Polevsko - Provodín - Prysk - Radvanec - Ralsko - Skalice u České Lípy - Skalka u Doks - Sloup v Čechách - Slunečná - Sosnová - Stráž pod Ralskem - Stružnice - Stvolínky - Svojkov - Svor - Tachov - Tuhaň - Velenice - Velký Valtinov - Volfartice - Vrchovany - Zahrádky - Zákupy - Žandov - Ždírec

Geography

Nový Bor and surrounding landscape

Česká Lípa District briefly borders Germany in the north. The terrain is very diverse, with large differences in altitude, and hilly landscape prevails. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Ralsko Uplands (most of the territory), Central Bohemian Uplands (west), Lusatian Mountains (north) and Jizera Table (small part in the southeast). The highest point of the district is the mountain Luž in Mařenice with an elevation of 793 m (2,602 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Liběchovka Stream in Dubá at 222 m (728 ft).

From the total district area of 1,072.9 km² (414.2 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 430.8 km² (166.3 sq mi), forests occupy 506.6 km² (195.6 sq mi), and water area occupies 25.8 km² (10.0 sq mi). Forests cover 47.2% of the district's area.^[1]

The most significant river is the Ploučnice, which flows across the district from east to west. Its longest tributary in the district is the Svitávka. The largest body of water is Lake Mácha.

There are three protected landscape areas: Lusatian Mountains, Central Bohemian Uplands and Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj.

Demographics

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 114,587 —     1880 116,883 +2.0% 1890 113,646 −2.8% 1900 111,892 −1.5% 1910 113,134 +1.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 106,777 −5.6% 1930 115,536 +8.2% 1950 74,275 −35.7% 1961 74,588 +0.4% 1970 74,814 +0.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 85,614 +14.4% 1991 98,348 +14.9% 2001 101,895 +3.6% 2011 100,756 −1.1% 2021 100,959 +0.2%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities

Name	Population[2]	Area (km2)
Česká Lípa	37,483	66
Nový Bor	11,412	19
Mimoň	6,378	15
Doksy	5,119	75
Cvikov	4,558	45
Kamenický Šenov	3,823	10
Stráž pod Ralskem	3,816	22
Zákupy	2,937	41
Ralsko	2,239	170
Žandov	1,935	27

Economy

The largest employers with headquarters in Česká Lípa District and at least 500 employees are:^[5]

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Adient Czech Republic	Česká Lípa	3,000–3,999	Automotive industry
Diamo	Stráž pod Ralskem	3,000–3,999	Landscape rehabilitation and reclamation
Fehrer Bohemia	Česká Lípa	2,000–2,499	Automotive industry
Nemocnice s poliklinikou Česká Lípa	Česká Lípa	1,000–1,499	Health care
Clarios Česká Lípa	Česká Lípa	500–999	Manufacture of batteries
Grammer Automotive CZ	Česká Lípa	500–999	Automotive industry

Transport

There are no motorways in the district territory. The most important roads that pass through the district are the I/13 (part of the European route E442) from Liberec to Karlovy Vary, and the I/9 from Prague to the Czech-German border via Česká Lípa.

Sights

Bezděz Castle

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:^[6]

• Bezděz Castle
• Zákupy Castle
• Pilgrimage complex with the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Horní Police

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:^[7]

• Janovice (monument reservation)
• Lhota (monument reservation)
• Rané (monument reservation)
• Žďár (monument reservation)
• Česká Lípa
• Dubá
• Kamenický Šenov
• Nový Bor
• Zákupy
• Bukovec
• Kravaře
• Kruh
• Pavlovice
• Sloup v Čechách
• Tubož
• Velenice
• Vojetín
• Zahrádecko landscape

The most visited tourist destinations are the Bezděz Castle and Sloup Castle.^[8]

Notable people

Main category: People from Česká Lípa District

References

1. "Land use (as at 31 December)". Public database. Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
2. "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2024". Czech Statistical Office. 2024-05-17.
3. "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. 2015-12-21.
4. "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". Public Database. Czech Statistical Office. 2021-03-27.
5. "Registr ekonomických subjektů". Business Register (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
6. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Národní kulturní památky, okres Česká Lípa". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
7. "Výsledky vyhledávání: Památkové rezervace, Památkové zóny, okres Česká Lípa". Ústřední seznam kulturních památek (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
8. "Turisté mají v České republice nejraději zoologické zahrady, technické památky, koupání a Pražský hrad" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 2022-06-24. Retrieved 2023-04-03.

External links

• Česká Lípa District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website