Kamenný Újezd (Rokycany District)
Kamenný Újezd () is a municipality and village in the Rokycany District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 900 inhabitants. Kamenný Újezd stretches along the Klabava River approximately south-east of Rokycany, east of Plzeň, and south-west of Prague. Administrative parts. Village of Kocanda is an administrative part of Kamenný Újezd. Etymology. To distinguish from other villages called Újezd, the place began to be called Kamenný Újezd (lit. "Stone Újezd") because of the stony soil in the area and its surroundings. History. The first mention of the area of Kamenný Újezd  is from 1177, when Duke Soběslav II promised this land to its soldier. However the first written mention of already existing village of Kamenný Újezd is from 1368. In 1498 King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary confirmed that the village be part of Rokycany's feudal domain. It remained with patrimony of Rokycany until abolition of feudal administration in 1850. Local economy was based both on agriculture and on industry. The industry was represented by iron ore mining and wood processing from nearby forests. In the agriculture the village specialized in sheep farming, which is symbolized by ram's  horns in its coat of arms. 19th and 20th century brought population increase and gradual transformation of Kamenný Újezd into semi-urban community influenced by proximity of industrial town of Rokycany. In 1868, Rokycany–Mirošov railway opened, initially for cargo transportation only. In May 1945 both American and Soviet armies reached Kamenný Újezd during liberation of Czechoslovakia in final days of World War II. For a short period between 1980 and 1990 the village merged with town of Rokycany but later seceded to become again a municipality of its own. Nowadays Kamenný Újezd, along with towns of Rokycany and Hrádek , forms contiguous chain of urban or semi-urban settlements along the Klabava River valley. Demography. As to ethnicity, Kamenný Újezd was traditionally a Czech settlement. The population grew in late 19th and early 20th centuries thanks to proximity of industrial centers of Rokycany and Hrádek. It grows up recently.