Pardubice Region (Czech: Pardubický kraj) is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located mainly in the eastern part of its historical region of Bohemia, with a small part in northwestern Moravia. It is named after its capital Pardubice.
The cities of the Pardubice Region
Pardubice, Chrudim, Vysoké Mýto, Holice, Svitavy, Ústí nad Orlicí.
Population
Total population of the Pardubice Region is 506,534 (Dec 31, 2002 - acc. Czech Statistical Office (http://www.czso.cz) Český statistický úřad in Czech). There is 17 municipalities over 5000 inhabitants, 453 municipalities total in the Pardubice Region. The largest town of the region is Pardubice (aprox. 91,000 inhabitants, in 2001).
Geography
lowest point: the Elbe River near Kojice, 200 m
highest point: Králický Sněžník, 1,423 m
Links
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