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Brno (/ ˈ b ɜːr n oʊ / BUR-noh, [5] Czech: ⓘ; German: Brünn) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic.Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic after the capital, Prague, and one of the 100 largest cities of the European Union.
The Brno metropolitan area (Czech: Brněnská metropolitní oblast) is the metropolitan area of the city of Brno in the Czech Republic. The metropolitan area has a population of 729,405 as of 2024. [4] The metropolitan area is the third most populous urban area in the country.
This is a list of municipalities of the Czech Republic which have status of a city, town or market town granted by law. As of 2024, there are 27 cities, 583 towns and 232 market towns in the Czech Republic.
The lowest point is the river bed of the Svratka in Brno-Chrlice at 188 m (617 ft), the southernmost point of the district. From the total district area of 230.2 km 2 (88.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 75.0 km 2 (29.0 sq mi), forests occupy 64.0 km 2 (24.7 sq mi), and water area occupies 4.5 km 2 (1.7 sq mi).
One third of the region's population lives in the capital Brno. The share of inhabitants living in towns and cities on the total population of the region has been steadily decreasing due to suburbanization. The table below displays 12 municipalities with the highest number of inhabitants in the region (as of 1 January 2024): [7]
Name Population [1] Area (km 2) Density (per km 2) Postal code Number of basic settlements: Brno-střed: 69,258 15.00 4,617 602 00, 603 00 47 Brno-sever: 50,053
Brno-sever (lit. 'Brno-North') is one of the 29 city districts of Brno, ... As of the 2021 census, the population is 48,382, up 1.6% from 47,643 in the 2011 census ...
Brno-Country District (Czech: okres Brno-venkov) is a district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Brno. The most populated town of the district is Kuřim. The district is made up of 187 municipalities, which is the highest number within all districts of the Czech Republic.