Rokycany

Czech_Republic

Rokycany (; German: Rokitzan) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It is 17km east of the region capital Plzeň on the confluence of the River Klabava and the Holoubkov Brook (Czech: Holoubkovský potok). Alternatively, the Holoubkovský potok is referred to as the Borecký potok and the section of the Klabava River down to the confluence as the Padrťský potok. There is another smaller brook (Rakovský potok or Rakováček) in the western part of the town. The town is in the lowland, 362m above sea level, bordered by hilly woodlands, especially the Brdy mountains to the east and the Radeč massif. Rokycany is also the seat of the Municipality with Extended Competence and Municipality with Commissioned Local Authority.