| Plazy | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Bohemian |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Mladá Boleslav |
| Pushpin Map: | Czech Republic |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Czech Republic |
| Coordinates: | 50.4142°N 14.975°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1322 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.34 |
| Elevation M: | 221 |
| Population As Of: | 2024-01-01 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 509 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 293 01 |
Plazy is a municipality and village in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.
The village of Valy is an administrative part of Plazy.
The name is derived from the word plaz. In old Czech it was an expression for a slippery path.[2]
Plazy is located about 4km (02miles) east of Mladá Boleslav and 47km (29miles) northeast of Prague. It lies in a flat agricultural landscape in the Jičín Uplands.
The first written mention of Plazy is from 1322.[3]
In the eastern part of the municipal territory there is an extensive industrial zone, which partially extends into the territory of neighbouring Mladá Boleslav. The largest company based here is the automotive parts manufacturer Faurecia Interior Systems Bohemia.[4]
The I/16 road (the section from Mladá Boleslav to Jičín) runs along the southern municipal border.
The main landmark of Plazy is the Church of Saints Simon and Jude. It is a Baroque church built in 1739. It replaced an old church, first mentioned in 1394, which was destroyed by the fall of the newly added tower in 1731.[3] [5]