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 Třebová (UO), Hlinsko (CR), Holice (PU), Chrudim (CR), Lanškroun
(UO), Litomyšl (SY), Moravská Trebová (SY), Pardubice (PU), Polička (SY),
Přelouč (PU), Svitavy (SY), Ústí nad Orlicí (UO), Vysoké Mýto (UO), Žamberk
(UO).
Jan Zrzavy, 30 Aug 2001