Rudná (Prague-West District)
Rudná is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located about 15 km west of Prague along an old road to Beroun and Plzeň. Nowadays a parallel D5 motorway runs just north of the town.
Rudná Rudná u Prahy | |
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Town | |
 Town hall | |
 Flag _CoA_CZ.jpg) Coat of arms | |
  Rudná Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°2′6″N 14°14′4″E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Central Bohemian |
| District | Prague-West |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lubomír Kocman |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.19 km2 (3.16 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
| Population (2019-01-01[1]) | |
| • Total | 5,137 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 252 19 |
| Website | www.rudnamesto.cz |
History
Rudná was established in 1951 when two old villages of Dušníky and Hořelice merged into a new municipality (its new artificial name derives from the Czech word for ore and commemorates a long history of iron ore mining in the region). Rudná was promoted from a village to a town in 2000.
Notable people
- Radek Šírl (born 1981), footballer
References
- "Population of municipalities of the Czech republic". Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- https://www.rudnamesto.cz/partnerska-spoluprace/ds-7660/
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