Svitavy District

Svitavy District Okres Svitavy
District
Saint George's church, Pomezí, Svitavy District
District location in the Pardubice Region within the Czech Republic
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Pardubice Region
Capital	Svitavy
Area
• Total	532.26 sq mi (1,378.56 km2)
Population (2007)
• Total	104,557
• Density	200/sq mi (76/km2)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Svitavy District (Czech: Okres Svitavy) is a district (Czech: okres) within Pardubice Region (Czech: Pardubický kraj) of the Czech Republic. Its capital is town Svitavy. As a part of Pardubice Region the district has borders with Ústí nad Orlicí District to the north and Chrudim District to the west. The district was administratively formed in 1960, when former districts of Litomyšl, Moravská Třebová, Polička a Svitavy were merged.

Svitavy District incorporates parts of historical regions of Bohemia and Moravia. From total of 116 municipalities, 44 municipalities (including the district's capital) are situated in Moravia. As of 1 January 2007 48,864 inhabitants lived in the Moravian part of the district. The Bohemian part counted 67 municipalities with 50,885 inhabitants. Five municipalities (Brněnec, Březová nad Svitavou, Kamenná Horka, Karle and Radiměř altogether having 4,837 inhabitants) lie in Bohemia as well as Moravia.

With the total area of 1,379 km² it is the largest district of Pardubice Region. From the total area of the district, agricultural land occupies 835.1 km² (arable land 628,8 km², permanent pastures 171.3 km² and water bodies 10.8 km²). Forests take 31.3% of district's area.