Česká Lípa District

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

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

thumb|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 , the lowest point is the river bed of the Liběchovka Stream in Dubá at .

From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 47.2% of the district's area.

Most populated municipalities

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Name

! Population

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Economic entity

! Location

! Number of employees

! Main activity

| Diamo || Stráž pod Ralskem || 3,000–3,999 || Landscape rehabilitation and reclamation

| Adient Czech Republic || Česká Lípa || 2,500–2,999 || Manufacture of parts for motor vehicles

| Fehrer Bohemia || Česká Lípa || 2,000–2,499 || Manufacture of parts for motor vehicles

| Nemocnice s poliklinikou Česká Lípa || Česká Lípa || 1,000–1,499 || Health care

| Clarios Česká Lípa || Česká Lípa || 500–999 || Manufacture of batteries

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

thumb|Bezděz Castle

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:

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:

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