Chrudim
Sign in to saveChrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants and is the second largest town of the region. It is situated on the Chrudimka River. Chrudim is known for its connection with puppetry, especially for the puppetry museum and the annual puppetry festival. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chrudim
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Chrudim Resselovo náměstí 220.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Resselovo Square
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Chrudim CZ.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Chrudim CoA CZ.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pardubice
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chrudim
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Czech Republic
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- František Pilný
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1055
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chrudim
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Contains
- Vlčnov
- Population
- 23239
- Area
- 33.209542
- Elevation
- 240
- Time zone
- Central European Summer Time
- Body of water
- Chrudimka
- Capital of
- Chrudim District
- Shares border with
- Ostřešany
- Headquarters
- Chrudim
- Official website
- www.chrudim.eu
- Image
- Chrudim, Resselovo nám., severní strana (2018-07-01; 02).jpg
- Licence plate code
- E
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- Commons category
- Chrudim
- postal code
- 538 31
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chrudim
- P8168
- Walpernhain
- topic's main category
- Category:Chrudim
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Chrudim
- twinned administrative body
- Svidník
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time of earliest written record
- 1055-01-17
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 0995-00-00
- historical region
- Bohemia
- native label
- Chrudim
- P6482
- Chrudim
- number of houses
- 3262
- mean age
- 42.9
- web feed URL
- www.chrudim.eu/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Administrative division
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Culture
- Sport
- Sights
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Chrudim () is a town in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants and is the second largest town of the region. It is situated on the Chrudimka River. Chrudim is known for its connection with puppetry, especially for the puppetry museum and the annual puppetry festival. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
==Administrative division== Chrudim consists of eight municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Chrudim I (693) Chrudim II (5,200) Chrudim III (6,571) Chrudim IV (9,304) Medlešice (601) Topol (222) Vestec (110) Vlčnov (172)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chrudim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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