Zákolany is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants.

The villages of Kováry and Trněný Újezd are administrative parts of Zákolany.

Zákolany is located about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northeast of Kladno and 15 km (9 mi) northwest of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The villages of Zákolany and Kováry are situated in the valley of the stream Zákolanský potok.

The first written mention of Zákolany is from 1282.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 876 —     1880 961 +9.7% 1890 1,029 +7.1% 1900 1,092 +6.1% 1910 1,079 −1.2%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,068 −1.0% 1930 1,018 −4.7% 1950 889 −12.7% 1961 844 −5.1% 1970 763 −9.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 605 −20.7% 1991 516 −14.7% 2001 485 −6.0% 2011 544 +12.2% 2021 603 +10.8%
Source: Censuses

Zákolany is located on the railway line Kladno–Kralupy nad Vltavou.

Zákolany is known for Budeč, which was a 22 ha (54 acres) large gord founded by the first members of the Přemyslid dynasty. The Rotunda of Saints Peter and Paul was built here after 895. The nave of the rotunda is the oldest preserved building in the Czech Republic.

• Wenceslaus I (c. 907 – c. 935), Duke of Bohemia, saint; studied in Budeč
• Antonín Zápotocký (1884–1957), communist politician, president of Czechoslovakia in 1953–1957

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