Peruc

Peruc (Perutz) is a market town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages of Černochov, Hřivčice, Chrastín, Pátek, Radonice nad Ohří, Stradonice and Telce are administrative parts of Peruc.

Geography
Peruc is located about 10 km east of Louny and 40 km northwest of Prague. It lies in the Lower Ohře Table. The highest point is at 369 m above sea level. The Ohře River flows along the northern municipal border.

History
The first written mention of Peruc is from 1170. Until the Hussite Wars, the village was owned by the Strahov Monastery, then the owners often changed. The village was looted several times during the Thirty Years' War. From 1814 to 1945, Peruc was property of the Thun und Hohenstein family. The municipality was promoted to a market town in 1898.

Transport
Peruc is located on the railway line Louny–Vrbičany.

Sights
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is among the main landmarks of Peruc. It was built in the Baroque style in 1722–1725.

The Peruc Castle was built on the site of an old fortress at the end of the 16th century. The Renaissance building was completely rebuilt in the Baroque style in the first half of the 18th century. It is a valuable and relatively large rural castle surrounded by a park. The southern wing houses the memorial hall of Emil Filla, who lived here, with his paintings. In the castle park is the Museum of the Czech Village, located in a former baroque granary from the end of the 18th century.

The 1,000-year-old Oldřich Oak tree is located in Peruc. It has a circumference of 810 cm and a height of 30 m.

Notable people

 * Bedřich Schnirch (1791–1868), engineer
 * Emil Filla (1882–1953), painter; lived and worked here in 1947–1952