Nýřany

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Field	Value
name	Nýřany
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Nýřany - radnice 2.JPG
image_caption	Town hall
image_flag	Nyrany prapor.gif
image_shield	Nyrany znak.jpg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Plzeň
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Plzeň-North
pushpin_map	Czech Republic
pushpin_relief	1
pushpin_map_caption	Location in the Czech Republic
coordinates
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Pavlína Caisová
established_title	First mentioned
established_date	1272
area_total_km2	21.72
elevation_m	345
population_as_of	2025-01-01
population_footnotes
population_total	6991
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	330 23
website
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Administrative division

Nýřany consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):

Nýřany (5,797)
Doubrava (263)
Kamenný Újezd (581)

Etymology

The name Nýřany referred to the settlement of nyrs. The word nyr denoted a person living in a burrow, lair or den of an animal.

Geography

Nýřany is located about 10 km west of Plzeň. It lies in the Plasy Uplands. The highest point is the flat hill Dobrák at 456 m above sea level. The stream of Vejprnický potok flows through the town.

History

The first written mention of Nýřany is from 1272. The village was promoted to a town by Emperor Franz Joseph I on 29 January 1892.

The village of Kamenný Újezd was first mentioned in 1215 and Doubrava in 1556.

Around 1830, bituminous coal deposits were discovered. The start of mining meant the rapid development of the village, and new people arrived. The peak of mining was in 1880, when 9,300 people was employed in about 40 mines. The mining ended in 1995. Those mines sometimes yielded valuable well-preserved fossils of early amphibians.

During World War II, Nýřany was annexed by Nazi Germany and administered as part of the Reichsgau Sudetenland. Near the end of the war one transport of death was surprised by an airstrike and about hundred of prisoners managed to escape. They were chased by SS-Guards and local Germans and either killed on the spot or executed at the place called Humboldtka.

Demographics

|align=none|cols=3 |1869|3176 |1880|5631 |1890|6622 |1900|7219 |1910|7230 |1921|7457 |1930|7600 |1950|5424 |1961|5871 |1970|6191 |1980|6419 |1991|7158 |2001|6913 |2011|6965 |2021|6641 |source=Censuses}}

Transport

The D5 motorway from Plzeň to the Czech-German border in Rozvadov passes through the southern part of the municipal territory.

Nýřany is located on the railway line Plzeň–Domažlice. Local railway line that leads to Heřmanova Huť starts here.

Sights

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The most important monument is the Church of Saint Procopius in the middle of the town square. It was built in the pseudo-Gothic style in 1903–1904.

The Neo-Renaissance town hall was built in 1885–1886. It was built before Nýřany became a town. Until the church was built, the building was also used for religious services. The Monument of Shot Miners stands in front of the town hall. It commemorates an incident when 13 miners were shot during the 1890 strike.

The Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus was built in the 18th century on the site of a former chapel from 1595.

Notable people

Anna Letenská (1904–1942), actress

Twin towns – sister cities

Nýřany is twinned with:

GER Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany

References

(2025-05-16). "Population of Municipalities – 1 January 2025". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
(2022). "Public Census 2021 – basic data". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
Profous, Antonín. (1951). "Místní jména v Čechách III: M–Ř".
"Nejstarší zmínky o Nýřanech". Město Nýřany.
"Historie Kamenného Újezda". Město Nýřany.
"Historie Doubravy". Město Nýřany.
"Hornictví". Město Nýřany.
Long, John. "Coal's formation is a window on an ancient world". The Conversation.
"Nýřany ve 20. století". Příběhy 20. století.
Nedbálek, František. "Železniční transporty a pochody smrti vězňů koncentračních táborů a válečných zajatců přes české země zima a jaro 1945". České národní Listy.
(2015-12-21). "Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
(2021-03-27). "Population Census 2021: Population by sex". [[Czech Statistical Office]].
"Detail stanice Nýřany". [[České dráhy]].
"Kostel sv. Prokopa". National Heritage Institute.
"Stavební památky". Město Nýřany.
"Naši partneři". Město Nýřany.

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