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CZECH BUSINESS AND TRADE
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT THE REGION
� The highest mountain range in the Czech Republic
– the Krkonoše – lies in the Hradec Králové Region.
The Krkonoše Mountains hold several primacies:
they are the most visited, highest, oldest, best
known, they have a unique character, combining
highland and alpine vegetation, and a unique
climate resembling northern tundra.
� The highest peak, Sněžka, is at the same time the
highest mountain in the Krkonoše and in the Czech
Republic, with an altitude of 1602 m.
� The Hradec Králové Region is the birthplace of the
world renowned painter, František Kupka (1871-1957)
� ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
From the point of view of productivity and
sector structure, the Region’s economy
can be evaluated as semi-developed, with
a large share of production and services having
a lower added value. The Hradec Králové
District is characterised by more activities
and a higher added value. The majority of
business entities are small and mediumsized
companies (up to 250 employees).
According to the number of employees,
the prevalent industrial sector is the manufacturing
industry, and within its framework,
textile production and the production of
electrical and optical appliances and facilities.
According to sector structure, the most
prominent are companies focusing on trade
and motor vehicle repairs, enterprises in
the fi eld of immovables, the manufacturing
industry, construction and basic metal
production, and the production of metallurgical
and metal-working products. A signifi -
cant position on the market is also held by
food, beverage, and tobacco production. In
the fi eld of wood processing, apart from the
production of wood processing tools, the
Region also hosts several small and mediumsized
furniture and interior manufacturers.
A signifi cant share in the list of signifi cant
industrial sectors and fi elds also belongs to
the production of rubber and plastic products,
pulp, paper and paper products and,
last but not least, publishing and printing.
Heavy industry and the mining industry
(with the exception of smaller mining locations)
are not present in the Region, which
has proved to be a great advantage, especially
during the economic transformation
of the 1990s. The Region was thus, to a large
extent, not aff ected by structural unemployment
caused by the signifi cant attenuation
of this production, nor by a large number
and extent of environmentally damaged
The Krkonoše Mountains
NUTS
Area
(in sq. km)
Population Municipalities
Population
density
(persons/sq. km)
LAU 1 – Hradec Králové 892 163 025 104 182
LAU 1 – Jičín 887 79 669 111 90
LAU 1 – Náchod 852 112 495 78 132
LAU 1 – Rychnov n. Kněžnou 982 79 299 80 81
LAU 1 – Trutnov 1 147 120 372 75 105
NUTS 3 - Hradec Králové
Region
4 795 554 860 448 116
NUTS 1 – Czech Republic 78 867 10 506 813 6 249 133
Source: Czech Statistical Offi ce (as of 30 September 2009), NUTS- territorial unit according to the EU classifi cation, LAU 1 = district
Latest data: Hradec Králové Region
Inhabitants as of 31 December 2009 554 402
Gross wages 1st to 4th quarter 2009 CZK 20 621 (approx. EUR 780)
Unemployment as of 28 February 2010 8.74%
areas, such as was the case in other industrial
areas in the Czech Republic.
� TRANSPORT
The Hradec Králové Region has a relatively
dense transport network and the regional
capital is conveniently situated.
The progress of the economic attractiveness
of the Hradec Králové Region is conditioned
by the fi nalisation of the construction
of the D11 motorway and the successive
R11 in all its length all the way to Královec
and the R35 road. The density of the transport
network is suffi cient. What is missing
are bypasses of towns and villages which
are extremely aff ected by transit transport.
The density of the railway network in the
Region is above the average of the Czech
Republic. The vicinity of the modernised 1st
Railway Corridor in the neighbouring Pardu-
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