Ústí nad Orlicí District

Ústí nad Orlicí District is a district in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Ústí nad Orlicí, but the most populated town is Česká Třebová.
Administrative division
Ústí nad Orlicí District is divided into six administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Ústí nad Orlicí, Česká Třebová, Králíky, Lanškroun, Vysoké Mýto and Žamberk.
List of municipalities
Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:
Albrechtice –
Anenská Studánka –
Běstovice –
Bošín –
Brandýs nad Orlicí –
Bučina –
Bystřec –
Čenkovice –
Červená Voda –
Česká Rybná –
Česká Třebová –
České Heřmanice –
České Libchavy –
České Petrovice –
Choceň –
Cotkytle –
Damníkov –
Dlouhá Třebová –
Dlouhoňovice –
Dobříkov –
Dolní Čermná –
Dolní Dobrouč –
Dolní Morava –
Džbánov –
Hejnice –
Helvíkovice –
Hnátnice –
Horní Čermná –
Horní Heřmanice –
Horní Třešňovec –
Hrádek –
Hrušová –
Jablonné nad Orlicí –
Jamné nad Orlicí –
Javorník –
Jehnědí –
Kameničná –
Klášterec nad Orlicí –
Koldín –
Kosořín –
Králíky –
Krasíkov –
Kunvald –
Lanškroun –
Leština –
Letohrad –
Libecina –
Libchavy –
Lichkov –
Líšnice –
Lubník –
Lukavice –
Luková –
Mistrovice –
Mladkov –
Mostek –
Nasavrky –
Nekoř –
Nové Hrady –
Orlické Podhůří –
Orličky –
Ostrov –
Oucmanice –
Pastviny –
Petrovice –
Písečná –
Plchovice –
Podlesí –
Přívrat –
Pustina –
Radhošť –
Řepníky –
Řetová –
Řetůvka –
Rudoltice –
Rybník –
Sázava –
Seč –
Šedivec –
Semanín –
Skořenice –
Slatina –
Sobkovice –
Sopotnice –
Sruby –
Stradouň –
Strážná –
Studené –
Sudislav nad Orlicí –
Sudslava –
Svatý Jiří –
Tatenice –
Těchonín –
Tisová –
Třebovice –
Trpík –
Týnišťko –
Újezd u Chocně –
Ústí nad Orlicí –
Velká Skrovnice –
Verměřovice –
Vinary –
Voděrady –
Vraclav –
Vračovice-Orlov –
Výprachtice –
Vysoké Mýto –
Záchlumí –
Zádolí –
Zálší –
Žamberk –
Žampach –
Zámrsk –
Zářecká Lhota –
Žichlínek
Geography
Ústí nad Orlicí District borders Poland in the north. In lies mostly in the historical land of Bohemia, but the eastern edge lies in Moravia.
The landscape is very rugged and varied. While in the west there are plains, in the east there is mountainous terrain. The territory extends into eight geomorphological mesoregions: Svitavy Uplands (west), Orlice Table (northwest), Orlické Foothills (centre), Orlické Mountains (north), Zábřeh Highlands (southeast), Hanušovice Highlands (east), Snieznik Mountains (northeast), and Kłodzko Valley (a narrow strip in the east). The highest point of the district and of the entire Pardubice Region is the Králický Sněžník mountain in Dolní Morava with an elevation of . The lowest point is the river bed of the Loučná in Radhošť at .
From the total district area of , agricultural land occupies , forests occupy , and water area occupies . Forests cover 31.9% of the district's area.
The longest river in the district is the Tichá Orlice. The Morava River originates here, but soon leaves the territory. Other notable rivers in the district are the Divoká Orlice, Loučná, Moravská Sázava and Třebovka. Apart from the western part of the district, there are not many bodies of water. The largest body of water is Pastviny Reservoir with an area of about .
There are no large-scale protected areas.
Demographics
Most populated municipalities
Economy
The largest employers with headquarters in Ústí nad Orlicí District and at least 500 employees are:
Transport
There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/35 road (part of the European route E442), which replaces the unfinished section of the D35 motorway from Olomouc to the Hradec Králové Region.
Sights
The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
Theatre in Ústí nad Orlicí
Hora Matky Boží pilgrimage site in Králíky with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument zones, are:
Brandýs nad Orlicí
Česká Třebová
Jablonné nad Orlicí
Králíky
Lanškroun
Letohrad
Ústí nad Orlicí
Vysoké Mýto
Žamberk
Vysoká
The four most visited tourist destinations of the Pardubice Region are located in Ústí nad Orlicí District, and the first three in Dolní Morava. These most visited tourist destinations are Sky Walk Observation Tower, Mammoth Alpine Coaster, children's amusement parks, and the Hora Matky Boží pilgrimage site in Králíky.
Notable people
References
External links
Ústí nad Orlicí District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website
Districts of the Czech Republic