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Písek
Sign in to savePísek (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Otava River and is known for the oldest bridge in the country. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Písek is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic with approximately 31,000 residents, situated along the Otava River. It is notable for having the country's oldest bridge and maintaining a well-preserved historic town centre that is officially protected as an urban monument zone.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Písek
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Písek, centrum, z lávky na ostrov.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, town walls and the Otava
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Pisek.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Písek_CoA.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Bohemian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Písek
- 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
- Michal Čapek
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1254
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Official website
Město Písek: Titulní stránka
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Písek
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Population
- 29706
- Area
- 63.230237
- Elevation
- 378
- Body of water
- Otava
- Capital of
- Písek District
- Shares border with
- Záhoří
- Headquarters
- Písek
- Legal form
- municipality of the Czech Republic
- Official website
- www.mesto-pisek.cz
- Image
- View to Písek from Otava River (1).JPG
- Licence plate code
- C
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- twinned administrative body
- Q673741
- Commons category
- Písek
- postal code
- 397 01
- Commons gallery
- Písek
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Písek
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Písek
- topic's main category
- Category:Písek
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Písek
- time of earliest written record
- 1243-01-17
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P6482
- Písek
- historical region
- Bohemia
- native label
- Písek
- different from
- Písek
- number of houses
- 3808
- mean age
- 43.6
- phone number
- +420-382-330-111
- contact page URL
- www.mesto-pisek.cz/kontakty/os-10/p1=29515
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Administrative division
- Etymology
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- Culture
- Sights
- Sacral buildings
- Castle and town walls
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Písek (; ) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 31,000 inhabitants. The town is located on the Otava River and is known for the oldest bridge in the country. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.
Písek is a centre of education with a number of important schools. Up to the last decades of 19th century, Písek was the centre of the large autonomous Prácheňsko region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Písek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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