Žatec
Sign in to saveŽatec (; ) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Žatec is famous for an over-700-year-long tradition of growing Saaz noble hops used by several breweries. Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation and partly also as an urban monument zone.
Key facts
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- Žatec
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- Town
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- Žatec, náměstí Svobody, radnice a trojiční sloup.jpg
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- Svobody Square with town hall and Holy Trinity Column
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- Vlajka Žatec.png
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- Znak města Žatec.png
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- Country
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- Region
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- Ústí nad Labem
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- District
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- Louny
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- Czech Republic
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- 1
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- Location in the Czech Republic
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- Mayor
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- Radim Laibl
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- First mentioned
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- 1004
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- Twin towns – sister cities
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Žatec (; ) is a town in Louny District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 19,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Žatec is famous for an over-700-year-long tradition of growing Saaz noble hops used by several breweries. Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation and partly also as an urban monument zone.
==Administrative division== Žatec consists of seven municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Žatec (17,729) Bezděkov (338) Milčeves (97) Radíčeves (141) Trnovany (26) Velichov (86) Záhoří (50)