Trutnov District () is a district in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Trutnov.

Administrative division

Trutnov District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Trutnov, Dvůr Králové nad Labem and Vrchlabí.

List of municipalities

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Batňovice -

Bernartice -

Bílá Třemešná -

Bílé Poličany -

Borovnice -

Borovnička -

Čermná -

Černý Důl -

Chotěvice -

Choustníkovo Hradiště -

Chvaleč -

Dolní Branná -

Dolní Brusnice -

Dolní Dvůr -

Dolní Kalná -

Dolní Lánov -

Dolní Olešnice -

Doubravice -

Dubenec -

Dvůr Králové nad Labem -

Hajnice -

Havlovice -

Horní Brusnice -

Horní Kalná -

Horní Maršov -

Horní Olešnice -

Hostinné -

Hřibojedy -

Janské Lázně -

Jívka -

Klášterská Lhota -

Kocbeře -

Kohoutov -

Královec -

Kuks -

Kunčice nad Labem -

Lampertice -

Lánov -

Lanžov -

Libňatov -

Libotov -

Litíč -

Malá Úpa -

Malé Svatoňovice -

Maršov u Úpice -

Mladé Buky -

Mostek -

Nemojov -

Pec pod Sněžkou -

Pilníkov -

Prosečné -

Radvanice -

Rtyně v Podkrkonoší -

Rudník -

Špindlerův Mlýn -

Stanovice -

Staré Buky -

Strážné -

Suchovršice -

Svoboda nad Úpou -

Třebihošť -

Trotina -

Trutnov -

Úpice -

Velké Svatoňovice -

Velký Vřešťov -

Vilantice -

Vítězná -

Vlčice -

Vlčkovice v Podkrkonoší -

Vrchlabí -

Zábřezí-Řečice -

Žacléř -

Zdobín -

Zlatá Olešnice

Geography

thumb|Vrchlabí and surrounding landscape

Trutnov District borders Poland in the north. The territory of the district has a highly fragmented terrain with large differences in height. The mountain massif in the north gradually turns into uplands that continues to the south of the district. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Giant Mountains (north), Giant Mountains Foothills (centre), Broumov Highlands (northeast), Jičín Uplands (south) and East Elbe Table (small part in the south). The highest point of the district and of the entire country is the mountain Sněžka in Pec pod Sněžkou with an elevation of , the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Kuks at .

From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 47.0% of the district's area.

Most populated municipalities

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! Name

! Population

{| class="wikitable sortable"

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! Economic entity

! Location

! Number of employees

! Main activity

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| Vitesco Technologies Czech Republic || Trutnov || 4,000–4,999 || Manufacture of electrical equipment

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| Juta || Dvůr Králové nad Labem || 2,000–2,499 || Manufacture of technical and industrial textiles

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| Regional Hospital Trutnov || Trutnov || 1,000–1,499 || Health care

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| TE Connectivity Trutnov || Trutnov || 1,000–1,499 || Manufacture of electronic components

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| Státní léčebné lázně Janské Lázně || Janské Lázně || 500–999 || Health care

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| ARGO-HYTOS || Vrchlabí || 500–999 || Manufacture of components for the hydraulic industry

|}

Transport

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important roads are the I/14 from Náchod to Liberec, the I/16 from Jičín to the Czech-Polish border, and the I/37, which connects Trutnov with the D11 motorway.

Sights

thumb|Kuks Hospital

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

  • Kuks Hospital
  • Braun's Nativity Scene near Kuks in Hřibojedy and Stanovice
  • Dřevěnka Inn in Úpice
  • Les Království Reservoir in Bílá Třemešná and Nemojov
  • Hostinné Town Hall

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:

  • Baroque complex in Kuks (monument reservation)
  • Dvůr Králové nad Labem
  • Hostinné
  • Pilníkov
  • Trutnov
  • Vrchlabí
  • Žacléř
  • Chotěborky
  • Jívka-Dolní Vernéřovice
  • Malá Úpa-Šímovy Chalupy
  • Pec pod Sněžkou-Modrý Důl
  • Pec pod Sněžkou-Velké Tippeltovy Boudy
  • Radvanice

Five of the ten most visited tourist destinations of the Hradec Králové Region are located in Trutnov District. The most visited tourist destinations are Safari Park Dvůr Králové, Sněžka–Pec pod Sněžkou cable car, Krkonoše Tree Top Trail in Janské Lázně, Baroque complex in Kuks, and hiking trail from Špindlerův Mlýn-Jelení Boudy to Sněžka.

Notable people

References

  • Trutnov District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website