Ústí nad Orlicí District
Ústí nad Orlicí District is one of 4 districts Pardubice Region of East Bohemia consists of.
Cities
[edit]All towns and their population:
- Česká Třebová 16 426
- Ústí nad Orlicí 14 864
- Vysoké Mýto 12 480
- Lanškroun 9 791
- Choceň 8 965
- Letohrad 6 190
- Žamberk 6 021
- Králíky 4 660
- Jablonné nad Orlicí 3 099
- Brandýs nad Orlicí 1 434
Other destinations
[edit]Understand
[edit]Ústí nad Orlicí District borders Poland in the north. In lies mostly in the historical land of Bohemia, but the eastern edge lies in Moravia.
The landscape is very rugged and varied. While in the west there are plains, in the east there is mountainous terrain.
Get in
[edit]Get around
[edit]All above mentioned towns are connected to the rail net. Česká Třebová, Ústí nad Orlicí, Brandýs nad Orlicí and Choceň lie on the main corridor line connecting Prague, Brno, Wienna and Ostrava. However, most modern and fast IC and EC towns stop in Česká Třebová only. In Ústí nad Orlicí and Choceň most of express trains(rychlík) stop. In Ústí nad Orlicí you can switch to trains going further to Letohrad. In Choceň you change for Vysoké Mýto and Litomyšl railway.
See
[edit]The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:
- Theatre in Ústí nad Orlicí
- 1 Hora Matky Boží pilgrimage site, in Králíky. with the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The pilgrimage complex with the church is protected as a national cultural monument.
