The districts ("okres") are going to be dismissed. They were replaced by
regions ("kraj") and some of the present district qualifications will be
transferred to about 180-200 "qualified cities" in January 1, 2003. Moreover,
the districts are not self-governing entities while the regions are (therefore
the districts had, have and will have *no* symbols). Consequently, I believe
that the Czech municipalities should be classified according to regions
only, with no references to the decaying districts. Here is a list of new
divisions - proposals only - (present okres)
Česká Lípa (CL), Frýdlant (LB), Jablonec nad Nisou (JN), Jilemnice
(SM), Liberec (LB), Nový Bor (CL), Semily (SM), Tanvald (JN), Turnov (SM)
Jan Zrzavy, 30 Aug 2001