Česká Lípa District

Česká Lípa District (okres Česká Lípa) is a district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Česká Lípa.

Administrative division
Česká Lípa District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Česká Lípa and Nový Bor.

List of municipalities
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Bezděz - Blatce - Blíževedly - Bohatice - Brniště - Česká Lípa - Chlum - Chotovice - Cvikov - Doksy - Dubá - Dubnice - Hamr na Jezeře - Holany - Horní Libchava - Horní Police - Jestřebí - Kamenický Šenov - Kozly - Kravaře - Krompach - Kunratice u Cvikova - Kvítkov - Luka - Mařenice - Mimoň - Noviny pod Ralskem - Nový Bor - Nový Oldřichov - Okna - Okrouhlá - Pertoltice pod Ralskem - Polevsko - Provodín - Prysk - Radvanec - Ralsko - Skalice u České Lípy - Skalka u Doks - Sloup v Čechách - Slunečná - Sosnová - Stráž pod Ralskem - Stružnice - Stvolínky - Svojkov - Svor - Tachov - Tuhaň - Velenice - Velký Valtinov - Volfartice - Vrchovany - Zahrádky - Zákupy - Žandov - Ždírec

Geography
Česká Lípa District briefly borders Germany in the north. The terrain is very diverse, with large differences in altitude, and hilly landscape prevails. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Ralsko Uplands (most of the territory), Central Bohemian Uplands (west), Lusatian Mountains (north) and Jizera Table (small part in the southeast). The highest point of the district is the mountain Luž in Mařenice with an elevation of 793 m, the lowest point is the river bed of the Liběchovka Stream in Dubá at 222 m.

From the total district area of 1072.9 km2, agricultural land occupies 430.8 km2, forests occupy 506.6 km2, and water area occupies 25.8 km2. Forests cover 47.2% of the district's area.

The most significant river is the Ploučnice, which flows across the district from east to west. Its longest tributary in the district is the Svitávka. The largest body of water is Lake Mácha.

There are three protected landscape areas: Lusatian Mountains, Central Bohemian Uplands and Kokořínsko – Máchův kraj.

Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Česká Lípa District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport
There are no motorways in the district territory. The most important roads that pass through the district are the I/13 (part of the European route E442) from Liberec to Karlovy Vary, and the I/9 from Prague to the Czech-German border via Česká Lípa.

Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
 * Bezděz Castle
 * Zákupy Castle
 * Pilgrimage complex with the Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in Horní Police

The best-preserved settlements and landscapes, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:


 * Janovice (monument reservation)
 * Lhota (monument reservation)
 * Rané (monument reservation)
 * Žďár (monument reservation)
 * Česká Lípa
 * Dubá
 * Kamenický Šenov
 * Nový Bor
 * Zákupy
 * Bukovec
 * Kravaře
 * Kruh
 * Pavlovice
 * Sloup v Čechách
 * Tubož
 * Velenice
 * Vojetín
 * Zahrádecko landscape

The most visited tourist destinations are the Bezděz Castle and Sloup Castle.