Horní Beřkovice
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Horní Beřkovice is a village and municipality (obec
) in Litoměřice District
in the Ústí nad Labem Region
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 5.09 square kilometres (2 sq mi), and had a population of 890 as at 31 December 2007.
Horní Beřkovice lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Litoměřice
, 40 km (25 mi) south-east of Ústí nad Labem
, and 31 km (19 mi) north of Prague
.
The village contains a former mental institution, now the town hall and a firing range for police. The forests nearby contain many different types of animals, from deer to hares. Once every year when harvest time comes, farmers are out all day collecting their harvest. The air quality gets very poor, and hay fever sufferers will have a hard time. This lasts around one full day, until around mid-night.
Obec
Obec is the Czech and Slovak word for a municipality . The literal meaning of the word is "commune" or "community". It is the smallest administrative unit that is governed by elected representatives. Cities are also municipalities...
) in Litoměřice District
Litomerice District
Litoměřice District is one of seven districts located within the Ústí nad Labem Region in the Czech Republic...
in the Ústí nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region
Ústí nad Labem Region is an administrative unit of the Czech Republic, located in the north-western part of its historical region of Bohemia...
of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 5.09 square kilometres (2 sq mi), and had a population of 890 as at 31 December 2007.
Horní Beřkovice lies approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Litoměřice
Litomerice
Litoměřice is a town at the junction of the rivers Elbe and Ohře in the north part of the Czech Republic, approximately 64 km northwest of Prague....
, 40 km (25 mi) south-east of Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem
Ústí nad Labem is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Ústí nad Labem Region. The city is the 7th-most populous in the country.Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and the Elbe Rivers, and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction...
, and 31 km (19 mi) north of Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
.
The village contains a former mental institution, now the town hall and a firing range for police. The forests nearby contain many different types of animals, from deer to hares. Once every year when harvest time comes, farmers are out all day collecting their harvest. The air quality gets very poor, and hay fever sufferers will have a hard time. This lasts around one full day, until around mid-night.