| Chleby | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nymburk |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.2228°N 15.0894°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1292 |
| Area Total Km2: | 9.59 |
| Elevation M: | 193 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 450 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 289 31 |
Chleby is a municipality and village in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The village of Draho is an administrative part of Chleby.
The word chleby means 'breads' in modern Czech, but this is just a coincidence. The name of the village is derived from the personal name Chleb, meaning "Chlebs (Chleb's family)".[2]
Chleby is located about 5km (03miles) northeast of Nymburk and 41km (25miles) east of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Central Elbe Table.
The first written mention of Chleby is from 1292, when the monastery in Mnichovo Hradiště sold the village to the Sedlec Abbey.[3]
The northern part of the territory of Chleby is briefly crossed by the Jičín–Nymburk railway line, but there is no train station. The municipality is served by the station in neighbouring Oskořínek.
The main landmark of Chleby is the Church of Saint Lawrence. It was built in the late Baroque style in 1780–1782 and the tower was added in the mid-19th century.[4]
The Evangelical church was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1885–1888, after the old one was demolished.[5]
Chleby is known for the Chleby Zoo, one of the smallest zoos in the country.