Kly | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mělník |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.3089°N 14.5017°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1323 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.61 |
Elevation M: | 159 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1733 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 277 41 |
Kly is a municipality and village in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants.
The villages of Dolní Vinice, Hoření Vinice, Krauzovna, Lom, Větrušice and Záboří are administrative parts of Kly.
Kly is located about 4km (02miles) south of Mělník and 20km (10miles) north of Prague. It lies in a flat landscape in the Central Elbe Table. The Elbe River flows along the western municipal border. Part of the Úpor – Černínovsko Nature Reserve is located in the municipal territory.
The first written mention of Kly is from 1323. The municipality was heavily damaged by the 2002 European floods.[2]
The I/9 road (which connects the D8 motorway with Česká Lípa and the Czech-German border) passes through the municipality.
The main landmark is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Záboří. It is a Neo-Renaissance church from 1884, which replaced the old Gothic church.[3]
In the centre of Kly is the Chapel of Saint Wenceslaus. It dates from 1886.[4]