PICTURE 1: Public administration in the Czech Republic - general scheme

   

   The Czech public administration distinguishes                           There have been the
   following levels of public administration in the
   the following components of public administration:                               Czech
   republic:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

                 Picture 2: Czechoslovak public administration: perion 1948 - 1990

   

   

   In the period 1948 - 1990 the structure of the Czechoslovak public administration was (with a
   level of simplification) following:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

         PICTURE 3: Period 1990 - 2001 - real situation (THE LEGAL SITUATION WAS DIFFERENT)

   

   In the period of 1990 - 2001 (11. 11. 2000) the practice  was following:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

                           PICTURE 4 (Period 12. 11. 2001 - 31. 12. 2002)

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

                        PICTURE 5: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 1. 1. 2003 TILL NOW

   

   

   

   Tabel 1: MUNICIPALITIES AND HIGHER SELF-GOVERNMENTAL UNITS IN THE EU-15 and CR

   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |             |  Number of   |     Average number of      |First higher level|Second  higher |
   |             |municipalities|      inhabitants in a      |of self-government|   level of    |
   |             |              |        municipality        |                  |self-government|
   |             |              |                            |                  |               |
   |             |              |                            |                  |               |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |France       |36 565        |1 600                       |96                |22             |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |BDR          |13 854        |5 900                       |323               |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |ITALY        |8 100         |7 100                       |103               |20             |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |SPAIN        |8 106         |4 900                       |50                |17             |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |GREECE       |1 033         |10 200                      |50                |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |AUSTRIA      |2 539         |3 400                       |-                 |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |BELGIUM      |589           |17 400                      |10                |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |NETHERLANDS  |504           |31 500                      |12                |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |FINLAND      |448           |11 500                      |-                 |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |PORTUGAL     |278           |36 000                      |-                 |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |SWEDEN       |289           |30 700                      |21                |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |DANMARK      |275           |19 400                      |14                |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |LUXEMBOURG   |188           |3 700                       |-                 |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |IRELAND      |85            |47 200                      |29                |8              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |GREAT BRITAIN|433           |*                           |7                 |-              |
   |-------------+--------------+----------------------------+------------------+---------------|
   |CZECH REP.   |6 258         |1 645                       |14                |-              |
   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   Table 2: STRUCTURE OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (1. 1. 2001)

   

   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   |     NUMBER OF      |NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES|NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES|   TOTAL NUMBER OF   |
   |    INHABITANTS     |                        |          ( %)          |     INHABITANTS     |
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |to 199              |                   1 648|                   26,30|              203 640|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |200 - 499           |                   2 043|                      32|              663 848|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |500 - 999           |                   1 283|                      60|              895 275|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |1 000 - 1 999       |                     657|                   20,50|              910 062|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |2 000 - 4 999       |                     367|                    5,90|            1 134 947|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |5 000 - 9 999       |                     128|                    2,00|              888 274|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |10 000 - 19 999     |                      68|                    1,10|              960 339|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |20 000 - 49 000     |                      42|                    0,07|            1 246 442|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |50 000 - 99 999     |                      17|                    0,03|            1 243 485|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |over 100 000        |                       5|                   0,008|            2 146 621|
   |--------------------+------------------------+------------------------+---------------------|
   |S                   |                    6258|                  100,00|           10 292 933|
   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

   

   

   Table 3: "Regions of cohesion" - NUTS II in the Czech Republic

   

   +-------------------------------------------------+
   |Region of Cohesion|Km^2  |Number of inhabitants| |
   |                  |      |(1. 1. 2000)         |-|
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Prague            |496   |1 186 855            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Mid Bohemia       |11 014|1 111 354            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Southwest         |17 615|1 177 982            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Northwest         |8 650 |1 131 974            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Norteast          |12 440|1 489 407            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Southeast         |13 991|1 658 761            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |MidMoravia        |9 100 |1 240 355            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Moravia-Slezia    |5 554 |1 281 410            | |
   |------------------+------+---------------------+-|
   |Czech Republic    |78 860|10 278 098           | |
   +-------------------------------------------------+

   

   

  Regions of the Czech Republic[1]

   

  NUTS 2 areas ("regions of coherence") and regions (in our lang. region = "kraj") (NUT 3) of the
  Czech Republic[2]

  Regions (NUTS3) and former districts (NUTS4)[3]

  Organizational structure of municipalities

   

   

   

                          

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   Organizational structure of regions

   

   

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   [1] Source: http:\\www.mvcr.cz (the www site of the Ministry of interior of the Czech
   republic)

   [2] Source: http:\\www.mvcr.cz (the www site of theMinistry of interior of the Czech republic)

   [3] [3] Source: http:\\www.czso.cz (the www site of the Czech Statistical Authority)