Rokycany

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Rokycany

Total population

14,074

Coordinates49.74°, 13.59°

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

Overview

Rokycany is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 14,000 inhabitants. It is located on the Klabava River in the Švihov Highlands. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument zone.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Ferenc Hoffmann

Hungarian composer (1873–1945)

Gustav Eim

Czech publicist (1849-1897)

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Jindřich Krepindl

Czechoslovak handball player

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Vladimír Lulek

Czech mass murderer

Vojtěch Čipera

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, senator of Czechoslovak National Parliament, Czechoslovak politician and publicist

Jan Vavřík-Rýz

Czech puppeteer (1900–1970)

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Martin Honorius Czechura

Czech philosopher, theologist and roman catholic priest

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Josef Zikmund

Czech member of Bohemian parliament and attorney

Jan Trefný

Czechoslovak painter

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Oldřich Kuba

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Václav Eret

handball player

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Zdenek Pesl

handball player

František Kneidl

Czech teacher

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Ferdinand Tonder

Oldřich Tyl

Czech architect

Countess Gabriele of Waldstein-Wartenberg

Princess of Rohan-Rochefort

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

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