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)
Broumov (NA), Dobruška (RK), Dvůr Králové nad Labem (TU), Hořice (JC),
Hradec Králové (HK), Jaroměř (NA), Jicín (JC), Kostelec nad Orlicí (RK),
Náchod NA), Nová Paka (JC), Nové Město nad Metují (NA), Nový Bydžov (HK),
Rychnov nad Kněžnou (RK), Trutnov (TU), Vrchlabí (TU).
Jan Zrzavy, 30 Aug 2001