Lexikon hl. m. Prahy

City sections of Prague

As shown in the introduction to the previous chapter, the administrative structure of the Capital City of Prague includes:

- the Capital City of Prague (region, municipality),
- twenty-too administrative districts (authorised city section offices entrusted with particular powers as stipulated by the law or the Statute of the Capital City of Prague),
- fifty-seven city sections – “municipalities” in the sense of the Act on Municipalities, in the cope Act No. 131/2000 Coll.

This chapter presents basic data on all of the fifty-seven city sections. The tables designated as “Basic information” show data for individual city sections within the whole City. This arrangement will make it possible for users to compare the city sections with the help of the same indicators.
An integral overview of the individual city sections is contained in the following part of this chapter. Each city section is devoted a separate spread summarizing all basic data. Data on population, area and territorial and technical breakdown already reflect changes of borders between the Prague 6 and Prague-Suchdol city sections.