Plzeň-City District (Czech: okres Plzeň-město) is a district in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Plzeň. It is coextensive with the administrative district of the municipality with extended powers of Plzeň.

Plzeň-City District is formed by only one administrative district of municipality with extended competence: Plzeň.

Cities and towns are marked in bold:

Dýšina - Chrást - Chválenice - Kyšice - Letkov - Lhůta - Losiná - Mokrouše - Nezbavětice - Nezvěstice - Plzeň - Starý Plzenec - Šťáhlavy - Štěnovický Borek - Tymákov

The terrain goes from slightly undulating in the west to hilly in the east. The territory extends into two geomorphological mesoregions: Švihov Highlands (southeast) and Plasy Uplands (northwest). The highest point of the district is the hill Radyně in Starý Plzenec with an elevation of 567 m (1,860 ft), the lowest point is the river bed of the Berounka in Chrást at 290 m (950 ft).

From the total district area of 261.4 km (100.9 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 124.0 km (47.9 sq mi), forests occupy 65.5 km (25.3 sq mi), and water area occupies 6.1 km (2.4 sq mi). Forests cover 25.0% of the district's area.

Four significant rivers flow into the district: Mže, Radbuza, Úhlava and Úslava. Their confluence in Plzeň forms the Berounka River, which flows along the district border further to the northeast. The largest body of water is České údolí Reservoir, built on the Radbuza.

There are no large-scale protected areas.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 40,938 —     1880 59,005 +44.1% 1890 74,822 +26.8% 1900 102,720 +37.3% 1910 124,452 +21.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 135,538 +8.9% 1930 150,271 +10.9% 1950 142,147 −5.4% 1961 156,191 +9.9% 1970 168,891 +8.1%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 186,593 +10.5% 1991 188,158 +0.8% 2001 180,748 −3.9% 2011 188,045 +4.0% 2021 193,858 +3.1%
Source: Censuses

Name	Population	Area (km)
Plzeň	185,599	138
Starý Plzenec	5,448	18
Šťáhlavy	2,922	24
Dýšina	1,976	10
Chrást	1,923	10
Nezvěstice	1,454	6
Losiná	1,423	7

Plzeň is the economic centre of the entire Plzeň Region. Almost all the largest employers with headquarters in Plzeň-City District and at least 500 employers have their seat in Plzeň, the only exception is KS-Europe in Šťáhlavy. The largest of these companies with at least 1,000 employees are:

Economic entity	Number of employees	Main activity
University Hospital Plzeň	5,000–9,999	Health care
Pilsner Urquell Brewery	2,500–2,999	Brewery
Škoda Transportation	2,500–2,999	Manufacture of railway vehicles
University of West Bohemia	2,500–2,999	Education
Borgers CS	1,500–1,999	Manufacture of textiles for the automotive industry
City of Plzeň	1,500–1,999	Public administration
Daikin Industries Czech Republic	1,500–1,999	Manufacture of air conditioning technology
HP-Pelzer	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
JTEKT Czech Republic	1,000–1,499	Automotive industry
KS-Europe	1,000–1,499	Advertising agency
Lasselsberger	1,000–1,499	Manufacture of ceramic tiles
Lidl E-Commerce Logistics	1,000–1,499	Warehousing and storage
Safran Cabin CZ	1,000–1,499	Manufacture of aircraft equipment

The D5 motorway (part of the European route E50) from Prague to Plzeň and the Czech-German border passes through the district.

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

• Hůrka gord in Starý Plzenec
• Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Plzeň
• Kozel Castle
• Rural homestead in Plzeň-Bolevec
• Plzeň Town Hall

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

The most visited tourist destinations are the Plzeň Zoo, DinoPark Plzeň, tower of the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Plzeň, and Radyně Castle.

• Plzeň-City District – profile on the Czech Statistical Office website