Janovice nad Úhlavou

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Janovice nad Úhlavou

Total population

2,227

Elevation412 m

Land area28.48 km²

Coordinates49.35°, 13.22°

Demographic figures from Czech Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Janovice nad Úhlavou is a town in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jan Hošek

Czech soccer player

Kryštof Harant

Czech traveller, composer and writer (1564-1621)

Josef Blau

German writer and educationist (1872–1960)

Josef Holub

German author (1926–2010)

S

Sepp Skalitzky

German author (1900–1992)

P

Petr Hošek

Czech soccer player

Dominik Boháč

Czech ice hockey player

Josef Kubalík

Czech professor, religionist, theologist, university educator and roman catholic priest (1911-1993)

K

Květoslav Růžička

Czech lawyer

L

Ludvík Úbl

Czechoslovak Czechoslovak politician

O

Oldřich Vlach

Czech actor

Rudolf Kuchynka

Czech art historian (1869-1925)

Bertha Henriette Katharina Nadine Kolowrat-Krakowská

(1890-1982)

H

Hermann Peter von Künigl

(1765-1853)

B

Bedřich Kolowrat-Krakowský

Jindřich Kolowrat-Krakowský

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Plzeň

• Myslovice
  8.7 mi away · pop. 107
• Chmelná
  17.2 mi away · pop. 189
• Záhoří
  19.7 mi away · pop. 55
• Želvice
  20.4 mi away · pop. 75
• Žihobce
  20.7 mi away · pop. 319
• Srní
  21.4 mi away · pop. 333
• Velký Bor
  21.8 mi away · pop. 324
• Svaté Pole
  22.7 mi away · pop. 67
• Robčice
  23.4 mi away · pop. 114
• Nezdřev
  23.6 mi away · pop. 116
• Budislavice
  25 mi away · pop. 62
• Podhájí
  25.3 mi away

Browse all places in Plzeň →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-10-10

Buffalo Treehopper

Stictocephala bisonia

Seen 2026-10-03

Shrill Carder-Bumble bee

Bombus sylvarum

Seen 2026-10-03

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-03

Mottled Stink Bug

Rhaphigaster nebulosa

Seen 2026-10-03

grass snake

Natrix natrix

Seen 2026-10-01

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-29

Club Foot

Ampulloclitocybe clavipes

Seen 2026-09-28

Variegated Yellow Archangel

Lamium galeobdolon argentatum

Seen 2026-09-27

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers