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District in South Moravian, Czech Republic

Brno-Country District (Czech: okres Brno-venkov) is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highest number within all districts of the Czech Republic.

Administrative division[edit]

Brno-Country District is divided into seven administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Ivančice, Kuřim, Pohořelice, Rosice, Šlapanice, Tišnov, and Židlochovice.

List of municipalities[edit]

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Babice nad Svitavou –
Babice u Rosic –
Běleč –
Bílovice nad Svitavou –
Biskoupky –
Blažovice –
Blučina –
Borač –
Borovník –
Branišovice –
Branišovice –
Bratčice –
Brumov –
Březina (former Blansko District) –
Březina (former Tišnov District) –
Bukovice –
Čebín –
Černvír –
Česká –
Chudčice –
Čučice –
Cvrčovice –
Deblín
Dolní Kounice
Dolní Loučky –
Domašov –
Doubravník
Drahonín –
Drásov –
Hajany –
Heroltice –
Hlína –
Hluboké Dvory –
Holasice –
Horní Loučky –
Hostěnice –
Hradčany –
Hrušovany u Brna –
Hvozdec –
Ivaň –
Ivančice
Javůrek –
Jinačovice –
Jiříkovice –
Kaly –
Kanice –
Katov –
Ketkovice –
Kobylnice –
Kovalovice –
Kratochvilka –
Křižínkov –
Kupařovice –
Kuřim
Kuřimská Nová Ves –
Kuřimské Jestřabí –
Lažánky –
Ledce –
Lelekovice –
Lesní Hluboké –
Litostrov –
Loděnice –
Lomnice
Lomnička –
Lubné –
Lukovany –
Malešovice –
Malhostovice –
Maršov –
Medlov
Mělčany –
Měnín –
Modřice
Mokrá-Horákov –
Moravany –
Moravské Bránice –
Moravské Knínice –
Moutnice –
Nebovidy –
Nedvědice
Nelepeč-Žernůvka –
Němčičky –
Neslovice –
Nesvačilka –
Níhov –
Nosislav –
Nová Ves –
Nové Bránice –
Odrovice –
Ochoz u Brna –
Ochoz u Tišnova –
Olší –
Omice –
Opatovice –
Ořechov –
Osiky –
Oslavany
Ostopovice –
Ostrovačice
Otmarov –
Pasohlávky –
Pernštejnské Jestřabí –
Podolí –
Pohořelice
Ponětovice –
Popovice –
Popůvky –
Pozořice
Prace –
Pravlov –
Prštice –
Předklášteří –
Přibice –
Příbram na Moravě –
Přibyslavice –
Přísnotice –
Radostice –
Rajhrad
Rajhradice –
Rašov –
Rebešovice –
Řícmanice –
Říčany –
Říčky –
Řikonín –
Rohozec –
Rojetín –
Rosice
Rozdrojovice –
Rudka –
Senorady –
Sentice –
Šerkovice –
Silůvky –
Sivice –
Skalička –
Skryje –
Šlapanice
Sobotovice –
Sokolnice –
Stanoviště –
Štěpánovice –
Strhaře –
Střelice –
Šumice –
Svatoslav –
Synalov –
Syrovice –
Telnice –
Těšany –
Tetčice –
Tišnov
Tišnovská Nová Ves –
Trboušany –
Troskotovice –
Troubsko –
Tvarožná –
Újezd u Brna
Újezd u Rosic –
Újezd u Tišnova –
Unín –
Unkovice –
Úsuší –
Velatice –
Veverská Bítýška
Veverské Knínice –
Viničné Šumice –
Vlasatice –
Vohančice –
Vojkovice –
Vranov –
Vranovice –
Vratislávka –
Všechovice –
Vysoké Popovice –
Žabčice –
Zakřany –
Zálesná Zhoř –
Zastávka –
Žatčany –
Zbraslav –
Zbýšov
Žďárec –
Želešice –
Železné –
Zhoř –
Židlochovice

Geography[edit]

Brno-Country District surrounds the city of Brno from all sides and thus has a non-standard shape and diverse character: hilly and forested in the northern part and flat and deforested in the southern part. The territory extends into six geomorphological mesoregions: Upper Svratka Highlands (north), Křižanov Highlands (west), Dyje–Svratka Valley (south), Bobrava Highlands (southwest and northeast), Boskovice Furrow (a strip along the Bobrava Highlands across the territory) and Drahany Highlands (east). The highest point of the district is the hill Sýkoř in Synalov with an elevation of 705 m (2,313 ft), the lowest point is the Nové Mlýny Reservoir in Pasohlávky at 169 m (554 ft).

The longest rivers are the Svratka, which flows across the entire territory from north to south, and Jihlava, which flows from the west and joins the Svratka before the southern district border. Other important rivers are the Oslava, Svitava and Litava. There are not many bodies of water. The only exception is the southernmost part of the territory with a system of ponds and with a part of Nové Mlýny reservoirs.

Part of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area extends into the district in the east and is the only large-scale protected area in the district.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1869 125,785 —    
1880 134,107 +6.6%
1890 141,570 +5.6%
1900 147,974 +4.5%
1910 159,725 +7.9%
Year Pop. ±%
1921 165,186 +3.4%
1930 178,555 +8.1%
1950 170,746 −4.4%
1961 183,301 +7.4%
1970 184,058 +0.4%
Year Pop. ±%
1980 189,022 +2.7%
1991 179,099 −5.2%
2001 181,686 +1.4%
2011 206,300 +13.5%
2021 226,503 +9.8%
Source: Censuses[3][4]

Most populated municipalities[edit]

Name Population[2] Area (km2)
Kuřim 10,847 17
Ivančice 9,737 48
Tišnov 9,164 17
Šlapanice 7,640 15
Rosice 6,466 13
Pohořelice 5,312 43
Modřice 5,263 10
Oslavany 4,746 19
Rajhrad 3,956 9
Bílovice nad Svitavou 3,715 15

Economy[edit]

The largest employers with its headquarters in Brno-Country District and at least 500 employers are:[5]

Transport[edit]

The D1 motorway from Prague to Brno and Ostrava leads across the district. The D2 motorway separates from it and leads from Brno to Czech-Slovak border. There is also the short section of the D52 motorway from Brno to Pohořelice, which further continues as the I/53 road to Znojmo.

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

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

The most visited tourist destinations are Aqualand Moravia water park in Pasohlávky and the Pernštejn Castle.[8]

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