Plavy | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Liberec |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jablonec nad Nisou |
Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
Coordinates: | 50.7033°N 15.3175°W |
Established Title: | First mentioned |
Established Date: | 1624 |
Area Total Km2: | 5.20 |
Elevation M: | 403 |
Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1038 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 468 46 |
Plavy is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
The village of Haratice is an administrative part of Plavy.
Plavy is located about 10km (10miles) east of Jablonec nad Nisou and 18km (11miles) east of Liberec. It lies mostly in the Giant Mountains Foothills, only a small part of the municipal territory in the northwest extends into the Jizera Mountains. The highest point is at 580m (1,900feet) above sea level. The Kamenice River flows through the municipality.
The first written mention of Plavy is from 1624.[2]
The I/10 road (part of the European route E65) from Turnov to the Czech-Polish border in Harrachov passes through the municipality.
Plavy is located on the railway line Prague–Tanvald.[3]
Plavy is known for a small ski resort. There are three downhill routes.[4]
Plavy is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monuments are the Art Nouveau house of the factory owner František Brůna, and the administrative building of Brůna's glass factory from the 1920s.[5]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in the Czech Republic. Plavy is twinned with:[6]