Ústí nad Labem District

Ústí nad Labem District (okres Ústí nad Labem) is a district in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Ústí nad Labem.

Administrative division
Ústí nad Labem District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Ústí nad Labem.

List of municipalities
Cities and towns are marked in bold:

Chabařovice - Chlumec - Chuderov - Dolní Zálezly - Habrovany - Homole u Panny - Libouchec - Malé Březno - Malečov - Petrovice - Povrly - Přestanov - Řehlovice - Ryjice - Stebno - Tašov - Telnice - Tisá - Trmice - Ústí nad Labem - Velké Březno - Velké Chvojno - Zubrnice

Geography
Ústí nad Labem District borders Germany in the north. The terrain is very varied—mostly hilly except in the west, and divided by the Elbe river valley. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Central Bohemian Uplands (most of the territory), Most Basin (west), Ore Mountains (north) and Elbe Sandstone Mountains (a small part in the northeast with the Tisá Rocks). The highest point of the district is the mountain Rudný vrch in Telnice with an elevation of 796 m, the lowest point is the river bed of the Elbe in Povrly at 130 m.

From the total district area of 404.8 km2, agricultural land occupies 179.7 km2, forests occupy 134.3 km2, and water area occupies 10.5 km2. Forests cover 33.2% of the district's area.

The most important river is the Elbe, which drains the entire territory. The Bílina flows into the Elbe in Ústí nad Labem. The largest body of water is Lake Milada, an extensive artificial lake created by flooding mine.

There are two protected landscape areas: České Středohoří that extends into the district in the south and east, and Labské pískovce that extends into the district in the northeast.

Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Ústí nad Labem District and at least 1,000 employees are:

The largest industrial employers with its headquarters in Ústí nad Labem District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport
The D8 motorway from Prague to Ústí nad Labem and Czech-German border passes through the district and constinues further to Dresden.

Ústí nad Labem District is an important junction. An important railway line from Prague to Dresden runs through it. The Elbe is used for ship transport.

Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
 * Royal field with the monument to Přemysl the Ploughman in Stadice
 * Church of Saint Florian in Ústí nad Labem-Krásné Březno

The best-preserved settlements and landscape, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:
 * Zubrnice (monument reservation)
 * Chabařovice (monument zone)
 * The territory of the Battle of Kulm near Přestanov, Chlumec and Varvažov (monument zone)

The most visited tourist destination is the Ústí nad Labem Zoo.