Kouty (Nymburk District)

Kouty is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

Etymology
The word kout (plural kouty) means 'corner'. Places were often so named after the bend of a watercourse or after the narrow end of a meadow and gradually changed from singular to plural.

Geography
Kouty is located about 7 km east of Nymburk and 45 km east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The Blatnice Stream flows through the municipality.

History
The first written mention of Kouty is from 1345.

Transport
There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.

Sights
Kouty is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are a Neoclassical homestead and a late Baroque gate to a homestead, both dating from the mid-19th century.