Polička
Sign in to savePolička (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. Polička is located in the Svitavy Uplands, on the borderline of the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Among the notable landmarks are the preserved fortifications and the Baroque town hall.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Polička
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2012-08-27 13-18-28 Pentax JH.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Palackého náměstí with the Marian column
- Settlement.image_flag
- Polička_flag_CZ.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Polička_CoA_CZ.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pardubice
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Svitavy
- 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
- Jaroslav Martinů
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1265
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Polička
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Population
- 8948
- Area
- 33.117415
- Elevation
- 555
- Shares border with
- Jedlová
- Official website
- www.policka.org
- Image
- Radnice Polička.jpg
- Licence plate code
- E
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- topic's main category
- Category:Polička
- Commons category
- Polička
- twinned administrative body
- Meilen
- postal code
- 572 01
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Polička
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Polička
- historical region
- Bohemia
- inception
- 1265-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1167-01-17
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- native label
- Polička
- number of houses
- 1844
- mean age
- 43.6
- P8168
- Bagha Purana
- P12749
- René Spitz
- web feed URL
- www.policka.org/rss
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Administrative division
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- 16th–18th centuries
- 19th–20th centuries
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Sights
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Polička (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,100 inhabitants. Polička is located in the Svitavy Uplands, on the borderline of the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone. Among the notable landmarks are the preserved fortifications and the Baroque town hall.
==Administrative division== Polička consists of six municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Polička-Město (568) Dolní Předměstí (1,916) Horní Předměstí (5,610) Lezník (215) Modřec (137) Střítež (176)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polička” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
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