Domažlice District (Czech: okres Domažlice) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Domažlice.

Domažlice District is divided into two administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence: Domažlice and Horšovský Týn.

Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics:

Babylon - Bělá nad Radbuzou - Blížejov - Brnířov - Čermná - Česká Kubice - Chocomyšl - Chodov - Chodská Lhota - Chrastavice - Díly - Domažlice - Drahotín - Draženov - Hlohová - Hlohovčice - Hora Svatého Václava - Horšovský Týn - Hostouň - Hradiště - Hvožďany - Kanice - Kaničky - Kdyně - Klenčí pod Čerchovem - Koloveč - Kout na Šumavě - Křenovy - Libkov - Loučim - Luženičky - Meclov - Mezholezy (former Domažlice District) - Mezholezy (former Horšovský Týn District) - Milavče - Mířkov - Mnichov - Močerady - Mrákov - Mutěnín - Nemanice - Němčice - Nevolice - Nová Ves - Nový Kramolín - Osvračín - Otov - Pařezov - Pasečnice - Pec - Pelechy - Poběžovice - Pocinovice - Poděvousy - Postřekov - Puclice - Rybník - Semněvice - Spáňov - Srbice - Srby - Staňkov - Stráž - Tlumačov - Trhanov - Úboč - Újezd - Únějovice - Úsilov - Velký Malahov - Vidice - Vlkanov - Všepadly - Všeruby - Zahořany - Ždánov

Domažlice District borders Germany in the west. The terrain is hilly and along the state border, the landscape is mountainous. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Upper Palatine Forest (west), Upper Palatine Forest Foothills (north and centre), Plasy Uplands (northeast), Cham-Furth Depression (south) and Švihov Highlands (east). The highest point of the district is the mountain Čerchov in Pec with an elevation of 1,042 m (3,419 ft). The lowest point is the river bed of the Radbuza in Staňkov at 351 m (1,152 ft).

From the total district area of 1,051.8 km (406.1 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 564.2 km (217.8 sq mi), forests occupy 396.7 km (153.2 sq mi), and water area occupies 12.9 km (5.0 sq mi). Forests cover 37.7% of the district's area.

The only important river is the Radbuza, which springs in the western part of the district and flows across the district to east. The Chamb also springs here. There are no large bodies of water in the territory. The largest is the Mezholezský Pond with an area of 38 ha (94 acres).

There is one protected landscape area: the southern half of Český les.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 85,254 —     1880 88,469 +3.8% 1890 87,017 −1.6% 1900 88,532 +1.7% 1910 93,055 +5.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 91,214 −2.0% 1930 89,557 −1.8% 1950 55,199 −38.4% 1961 53,562 −3.0% 1970 52,645 −1.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 53,913 +2.4% 1991 52,565 −2.5% 2001 52,735 +0.3% 2011 53,759 +1.9% 2021 53,769 +0.0%
Source: Censuses

Name	Population	Area (km)
Domažlice	11,155	25
Horšovský Týn	5,227	71
Kdyně	5,139	29
Staňkov	3,392	21
Bělá nad Radbuzou	1,729	83
Blížejov	1,638	25
Poběžovice	1,523	28
Klenčí pod Čerchovem	1,459	18
Hostouň	1,216	39
Meclov	1,199	32

The largest employers with headquarters in Domažlice District and at least 500 employees are:

Economic entity	Location	Number of employees	Main activity
Trans World Hotels & Entertainment	Česká Kubice	500–999	Gambling and betting activities
Domažlice Hospital	Domažlice	500–999	Health care
Gerresheimer Horšovský Týn	Horšovský Týn	500–999	Manufacture of plastic products

There are no motorways passing through the district. The most important road is the I/26 from Plzeň to the Czech-German border via Horšovský Týn.

The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments, are:

• Horšovský Týn Castle
• Augustinian monastery in Mnichov-Pivoň
• Poběžovice Castle

The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones, are:

The most visited tourist destination is the Horšovský Týn Castle.

• Domažlice District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website