Loket
Sign in to saveLoket (; ) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. The town is known for the Loket Castle, a 12th-century Gothic castle. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Loket
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Loket město s hradem (3).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skyline of Loket
- Settlement.image_flag
- Loket prapor.gif
- Settlement.image_shield
- Loket_Sokolov_znak.png
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Karlovy Vary
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sokolov
- 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
- Zdeněk Bednář
- Settlement.established_title
- First mentioned
- Settlement.established_date
- 1234
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- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Loket (; ) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,100 inhabitants. The town is known for the Loket Castle, a 12th-century Gothic castle. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation.
==Administrative division== Loket consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Loket (2,755) Dvory (21) Nadlesí (68) Údolí (92)