Plzeň-South District

Plzeň-South District (okres Plzeň-jih) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň. The most populated town of the district is Přeštice.

Administrative division
Plzeň-South District is divided into four administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Blovice, Nepomuk, Přeštice and Stod.

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

Blovice - Bolkov - Borovno - Borovy - Buková - Bukovec - Čečovice - Černovice - Chlum - Chlumčany - Chlumy - Chocenice - Chotěšov - Čižice - Čížkov - Čmelíny - Dnešice - Dobřany - Dolce - Dolní Lukavice - Drahkov - Holýšov - Honezovice - Horní Kamenice - Horní Lukavice - Horšice - Hradec - Hradiště - Jarov - Kasejovice - Kbel - Klášter - Kotovice - Kozlovice - Kramolín - Kvíčovice - Letiny - Lisov - Líšina - Louňová - Lužany - Měcholupy - Merklín - Mileč - Milínov - Míšov - Mladý Smolivec - Mohelnice - Nebílovy - Nekvasovy - Nepomuk - Netunice - Neuměř - Neurazy - Nezdice - Nezdřev - Nová Ves - Nové Mitrovice - Oplot - Oselce - Otěšice - Polánka - Prádlo - Předenice - Přestavlky - Přeštice - Příchovice - Ptenín - Radkovice - Roupov - Řenče - Seč - Sedliště - Skašov - Soběkury - Spálené Poříčí - Srby - Štěnovice - Štichov - Stod - Střelice - Střížovice - Tojice - Třebčice - Týniště - Únětice - Útušice - Ves Touškov - Vlčí - Vlčtejn - Vrčeň - Všekary - Vstiš - Zdemyslice - Zemětice - Žákava - Ždírec - Žinkovy - Životice

Geography
The terrain is hilly, most of the territory has the character of highlands. The territory extends into four geomorphological mesoregions: Švihov Highlands (most of the territory), Plasy Uplands (west and northwest), Blatná Uplands (southeast) and Brdy Highlands (northeast). The highest point of the district is the mountain Nad Marastkem in Čížkov with an elevation of 805 m, the lowest point is the river bed of the Radbuza in Dobřany at 317 m.

From the total district area of 1068.2 km2, agricultural land occupies 618.0 km2, forests occupy 341.8 km2, and water area occupies 16.3 km2. Forests cover 32.0% of the district's area.

The territory is rich in watercourses. There are three important rivers that cross the district from south to north: Radbuza, Úhlava and Úslava. There are no significant bodies of water.

Brdy is the protected landscape area that extends into the territory in the east.

Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Plzeň-South District and at least 500 employees are:

Transport
The D5 motorway (part of the European route E50) from Prague to Plzeň and the Czech-German border briefly passes through the district. The other important roads in the district are the I/27 (part of European route E53) from Plzeň to the Czech-German border via Klatovy, and the I/20 (part of European route E49) from Karlovy Vary to Plzeň and Písek.

Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
 * Church of Saint Nicholas in Čečovice
 * Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Přeštice
 * Chotěšov Abbey

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:
 * Dobřany
 * Spálené Poříčí
 * Lipnice
 * Mítov
 * Řesanice
 * Zahrádka

The most visited tourist destination is the Chotěšov Abbey.