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Drahany
Sign in to saveDrahany is a market town in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Drahany
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Market town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kostel svatého Jana Křtitele, Drahany, okres Prostějov.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Saint John the Baptist
- Settlement.image_flag
- Drahany_CZ_flag.png
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coa_Czech_Town_Drahany.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Olomouc
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Prostějov
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Czech Republic
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Czech Republic
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1310
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 6.76
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 626
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Drahany is a market town in Prostějov District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
==Etymology== According to one theory, the name is derived from the personal name Drahan. According to other theory, it is derived from the old Czech word draha (i.e. 'way', 'road') and referred to a road from Brno to Prostějov that led this way.