Nýřany

Nýřany
Town
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Nýřany Location in the Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49°42′42″N 13°12′43″E
Country	Czech Republic
Region	Plzeň
District	Plzeň-North
First mentioned	1272
Government
• Mayor	Jiří Davídek
Area
• Total	22.79 km2 (8.80 sq mi)
Elevation	345 m (1,132 ft)
Population  (2019-01-01)
• Total	6,975
• Density	310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	330 23 – 330 34
Website	www.nyrany.cz

Nýřany (Czech pronunciation: [ˈniːr̝anɪ]; German: Nürschan; Latin: Nirane) is a small town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It lies 12 km (7 mi) west of the regional capital of Plzeň. Nýřany is a Municipality with Extended Competence. The town has around 7,000 inhabitants.

Town parts

• Nýřany
• Doubrava
• Kamenný Újezd
• Pankrác

History

The first written note about the village of Nýřany is from 1272. The status of town was given by emperor Franz Joseph I on 29 January 1892. In the 19th century, black coal deposits were discovered and new people arrived in the town. During World War II the town of Nýřany was a part of Sudetenland. Near the end of the war one transport of death was surprised by an airstrike and about hundred of prisoners managed to escape. They were chased by SS-Guards and local Germans and either killed on the spot or executed at the place called Humboldtka.

Demography

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1970 6,191 —     1980 6,419 +3.7% 1991 7,158 +11.5% 2001 6,913 −3.4%

Year Pop. ±% 2003 6,942 +0.4% 2006 6,994 +0.7% 2012 7,126 +1.9% 2019 6,975 −2.1%

Sightseeings

• Church of Saint Prokop
• Newrenaissance townhall from years 1885–1886
• Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk
• Monument of shot miners – at former mine Marta
• Monument of prisoners transport during April 1945

Notable people

• Anna Letenská (1904–1942), actress

References

• Jiří Čarek: Městské znaky v českých zemích, Academia Praha 1985

External links

• Media related to Nýřany at Wikimedia Commons