Lahošť
Lahošť | |
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Municipality | |
 Center of the village | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lahošť within Teplice District | |
  Lahošť Location of Lahošť within Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′19″N 13°45′56″E / 50.62194°N 13.76556°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Ústí nad Labem |
| District | Teplice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.02 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 213 m (699 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 566 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 417 25 |
| Website | http://www.lahost.cz |
Lahošť, until 2006 Lahošt (German: Loosch) is a village and municipality (obec) in Teplice District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 3.02 square kilometres (1.17 sq mi), and has a population of 566 (as at 28 August 2006).
Lahošť lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Teplice, 20 km (12 mi) west of Ústí nad Labem, and 76 km (47 mi) north-west of Prague.
Paleontology
Fossils of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur were found near this city at the end of the 19th Century. In Hudcov, a nearby village, plesiosaur Cimoliasaurus teplicensis was described in 1906 by Czech paleontologist Antonín Frič.[1]
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