Beroun
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| Country | Czech Republic | ||
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| Region | Central Bohemian | ||
| District | Beroun | ||
| Commune | Beroun | ||
| River | Berounka | ||
| Elevation | 235 m (771 ft) | ||
| Coordinates | 49°57′51″N 14°4′26″E / 49.96417°N 14.07389°ECoordinates: 49°57′51″N 14°4′26″E / 49.96417°N 14.07389°E | ||
| Area | 31.31 km2 (12.09 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 19,145 (01/2015) | ||
| Density | 611/km2 (1,582/sq mi) | ||
| First mentioned | 1265 | ||
| Mayor | Ivan Kůs | ||
| Timezone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 266 01 | ||
   Location in the Czech Republic
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| Statistics: statnisprava.cz | |||
| Website: www.mesto-beroun.cz | |||
Beroun (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbɛrou̯n]; German: Beraun) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is the administrative centre of Beroun District.
It is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Prague at the confluence of Berounka and Litavka rivers. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area. As of 2011[update], it has a population of 18,930.
Beroun lies on the D5 motorway, which connects Prague with Plzeň and, farther afield, with the German border and the Bundesautobahn 6 to Nuremberg, part of the European route E50.
A settlement na Brodě ("by the ford") was first mentioned in a 1088 deed. As a royal Bohemian town, it received its present name in the 13th century, derived form of (Welsch-)Bern, the archaic German name of Verona in Italy. Already in the High Middle Ages under the rule of King Wenceslaus II, it was a fortified town. Many citizens were German merchants, settling here in the course of the Ostsiedlung.
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