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In the Czech Republic, a statutory city (Czech: statutární město) is a municipal corporation that has been granted city status by Act of Parliament. It is more prestigious than the simple title město ("town"), which can be awarded by the cabinet and chair of the Chamber of Deputies to a municipality which applies for it.

Prague, capital of the Czech Republic
Prague, capital of the Czech Republic
Brno
Brno
Ostrava
Ostrava
Plzeň
Plzeň

Differences of statutory city


Statutory city status is partially ceremonial; the mayor is called primátor, rather than the starosta of other municipalities. Statutory cities are allowed to subdivide into self-governing city boroughs (sg. městský obvod or city parts městská část) with their own elected councils; such a statutory city has to issue a statute (statut) that delimits power to boroughs. As of 2022 only seven statutory cities have done so. Cities Brno, Plzeň, Ústí nad Labem and Pardubice are divided into city boroughs, and Liberec has only one city borough with rest of the city being administered directly. Brno is divided into city parts, and Opava has eight city parts with rest of the city being administered directly. Also the capital of Prague, while not being de iure statutory city, is subdivided into similar self-governing boroughs.


History


The model is derived from its common origin in Austria-Hungary. Until 1928, 11 cities in the Czech lands received the statutory city title: Prague, Liberec, Brno, Jihlava, Kroměříž, Olomouc, Uherské Hradiště, Znojmo, Opava, Frýdek, and Bielsko (which became a part of Poland in 1920). On 1 December 1928 their count was reduced to five (Prague, Liberec, Brno, Olomouc and Opava). In 1942 Plzeň became a statutory city.[1]

Between 1949 and 1967, the institute of statutory cities was canceled by reform in self-government and the establishment of regions. Only Prague remained a de facto statutory city. After 1967, several cities received similar position as Prague (Brno, Plzeň, Ostrava and Ústí nad Labem), but the statutory city title wasn't used.[1]

The concept was renewed after the fall of communism by the Act on Municipalities in 1990, which established 13 statutory cities in addition to Prague, the capital city which is still a de facto statutory city.[1]

Unlike Austria, before districts of the Czech Republic were abolished only the three largest cities (Brno, Ostrava and Plzeň) constituted a district (okres) on their own; the others were a part (though always a capital, except Havířov) of a district with smaller municipalities. As the prestige associated with statutory city status grew, 12 additional statutory cities were created by the Act on Municipalities in 2000[2] and its four later amendments.

There are only two statutory cities, Havířov and Třinec, that are not seats of their eponymous districts.


List


Since August 2018, there are 26 statutory cities (plus Prague), comprising all the Czech cities over 40 thousand inhabitants (and Třinec):

Name Population[3] Area (km²) Region Statutory city since[1]
Prague1,275,406496Prague
Brno379,466230South Moravian1990
Ostrava279,791214Moravian-Silesian1990
Plzeň168,733138Plzeň1990
Liberec102,951106Liberec1990
Olomouc99,496103Olomouc1990
České Budějovice93,42656South Bohemian1990
Hradec Králové90,596106Hradec Králové1990
Ústí nad Labem90,37894Ústí nad Labem1990
Pardubice88,52078Pardubice1990
Zlín72,973119Zlín1990
Havířov69,08432Moravian-Silesian1990
Kladno66,90337Central Bohemian2000
Most62,86687Ústí nad Labem2000
Opava54,84091Moravian-Silesian1990
Frýdek-Místek53,89952Moravian-Silesian2006
Jihlava50,10888Vysočina2000
Karviná49,88157Moravian-Silesian2003
Teplice48,76624Ústí nad Labem2003
Děčín47,029118Ústí nad Labem2006
Chomutov46,26329Ústí nad Labem2006
Karlovy Vary45,50059Karlovy Vary1990
Jablonec nad Nisou44,58831Liberec2012
Prostějov43,05539Olomouc2012
Mladá Boleslav41,86829Central Bohemian2003
Přerov41,40458Olomouc2006
Třinec34,22285Moravian-Silesian2018

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