Semily District ( Czech : okres Semily ) is a district in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic . Its capital is the town of Semily , but the most populated town is Turnov .
26-1568: Semily District is divided into three administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence : Semily, Jilemnice and Turnov. Turnov is the only such administrative district in the country, whose borders do not correspond to the borders of the district, and extends also to the neighbouring districts of Jablonec nad Nisou and Liberec . Towns are marked in bold and market towns in italics : Bělá - Benecko - Benešov u Semil - Bozkov - Bradlecká Lhota - Bukovina u Čisté - Bystrá nad Jizerou - Chuchelna - Čistá u Horek - Háje nad Jizerou - Holenice - Horka u Staré Paky - Horní Branná - Hrubá Skála - Jablonec nad Jizerou - Jesenný - Jestřabí v Krkonoších - Jilemnice - Kacanovy - Karlovice - Klokočí - Košťálov - Kruh - Ktová - Levínská Olešnice - Libštát - Lomnice nad Popelkou - Loučky - Martinice v Krkonoších - Mírová pod Kozákovem - Modřišice - Mříčná - Nová Ves nad Popelkou - Ohrazenice - Olešnice - Paseky nad Jizerou - Peřimov - Poniklá - Přepeře - Příkrý - Radostná pod Kozákovem - Rakousy - Rokytnice nad Jizerou - Roprachtice - Rovensko pod Troskami - Roztoky u Jilemnice - Roztoky u Semil - Semily - Slaná - Stružinec - Studenec - Svojek - Syřenov - Tatobity - Troskovice - Turnov - Veselá - Víchová nad Jizerou - Vítkovice - Všeň - Vyskeř - Vysoké nad Jizerou - Záhoří - Žernov Semily District briefly borders Poland in
52-493: A term of art , where it means the collection of: This sense of "agricultural land" thus includes a great deal of land not devoted to agricultural use. The land actually under annually-replanted crops in any given year is instead said to constitute sown land or cropped land . "Permanent cropland" includes forested plantations used to harvest coffee , rubber , or fruit but not tree farms or proper forests used for wood or timber . Land able to be used for farming
78-430: Is 28.4% of all agricultural land (10.9% of global land area), and permanent crops (e.g. vineyards and orchards ) are 3.1% (1.2% of global land area). In 2021, the global agricultural land area was 4.79 billion hectares (ha), down 2 percent, or 0.09 billion ha compared with 2000. One-third of the total agricultural land was cropland (1.58 billion ha in 2021), which increased by 6 percent (0.09 billion ha). Asia had
104-467: Is a municipality to which the state delegates part of its powers, but not to the extent that it delegates it to a municipality with extended competence. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Agricultural land Agricultural land
130-577: Is as little as €1,500–2,000 (£1,260–1,680) per hectare (ha) (£1,260–1,680). This is comparatively inexpensive. Poor-quality farmland in France and Spain is sold at no lower than €10,000/ha. The average Russian farm measures 150 hectares (370 acres). The most prevalent crops in Russia are wheat , barley , corn , rice , sugar beet , soy beans , sunflower , potatoes and vegetables . Russian farmers harvested roughly 85–90 million tonnes of wheat annually in
156-618: Is called cultivable land . Farmland, meanwhile, is used variously in reference to all agricultural land, to all cultivable land, or just to the newly restricted sense of "arable land". Depending upon its use of artificial irrigation , the FAO's "agricultural land" may be divided into irrigated and non-irrigated land. In the context of zoning , agricultural land or agriculturally-zoned land refers to plots that are permitted to be used for agricultural activities, without regard to its present use or even suitability. In some areas, agricultural land
182-634: Is protected so that it can be farmed without any threat of development. The Agricultural Land Reserve in British Columbia in Canada , for instance, requires approval from its Agricultural Land Commission before its lands can be removed or subdivided. Under the FAO 's definitions above, agricultural land covers 38.4% of the world's land area as of 2011. Permanent pastures are 68.4% of all agricultural land (26.3% of global land area), arable land (row crops)
208-685: Is the mountain Kotel in Vítkovice with an elevation of 1,435 m (4,708 ft), the 10th highest mountain in the country. The lowest point is the river bed of the Jizera in Všeň at 236 m (774 ft). From the total district area of 662.3 km (255.7 sq mi), agricultural land occupies 368.8 km (142.4 sq mi), forests occupy 229.0 km (88.4 sq mi), and water area occupies 6.6 km (2.5 sq mi). Forests cover 23.2% of
234-474: Is typically land devoted to agriculture , the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life —particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops —to produce food for humans . It is generally synonymous with both farmland or cropland , as well as pasture or rangeland . The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and others following its definitions, however, also use agricultural land or agricultural area as
260-663: The 2021 reform, borders of AD MECs respect borders of districts, with only exception granted by law being AD MEC of Turnov, which is partly in districts of Semily, Jablonec nad Nisou and Liberec. The reasons are the vastness of this territory and different requirements of the territory's population. Administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence are further divided into 393 Administrative Districts of Municipalities with Commissioned Local Authority (abbreviated AD CLA; správní obvody obcí s pověřeným obecním úřadem , abbreviated SO POÚ), also called "second-level municipalities"). A municipality with commissioned local authority
286-856: The R/35 expressway to Liberec , runs along the western border of the district. The most important roads in the district are the I/10 road (part of the European route E65 ) from Turnov to the Czech-Polish border, the I/35 road (part of European route E442 ) to Hradec Králové , and the I/14 road from Liberec to Trutnov. The most important monuments in the district, protected as national cultural monuments , are: The best-preserved settlements, protected as monument reservations and monument zones , are: The most visited tourist destinations are
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#1732869207530312-696: The Trosky Castle and Valdštejn Castle . Districts of the Czech Republic#Municipalities with extended competence Districts of the Czech Republic are territorial units, formerly used as second-level administrative divisions of the Czech Republic . After their primary administrative function has been abolished in 2003, they still exist for the activities of specific authorities and as statistical units. Their administrative function
338-455: The United States cropland increased by 2.98 million acres from 2008 to 2012 (comprising 7.34 million acres (29,700 km ) converted to agriculture, and 4.36 million acres (17,600 km ) converted from agriculture). Source: Helgi Library, World Bank, FAOSTAT Prices and rents for agricultural land depend on supply and demand. Prices/rents rise when the supply of farmland on
364-670: The United States of America (10 percent) and China (8 percent). Cropland area per capita decreased in all regions between 2000 and 2021 as population increased faster than the cropland area. The world average declined by 18 percent to 0.20 ha per capitain 2021; the decrease was the largest in Africa (−25 percent, to0.21 ha per capita), followed by the Americas and Asia (−17 percent each,to 0.37 ha per capita and 0.13 ha per capita, respectively), Europe and Oceania (−7 percent each, to 0.39 haper capita and 0.77 ha per capita, respectively). The countries with
390-490: The administration of the former district authorities. The old districts still exist as territorial units and remain as seats of some of the offices, especially courts , police and archives . In 2007 the borders of the districts were slightly adjusted and 119 municipalities were moved into different districts. In 2021 another reform was made and 18 municipalities were moved between districts or between administrative districts of municipalities with extended competence. After
416-470: The cropland area of Africa overtook that of Europe in 2018. Approximately 30 percent of global cropland and permanent meadows and pastures can be found in three countries. In 2021, 12 percent of global permanent meadows and pastures belonged to China, 10 percent to Australia, and 8 percent to the United States of America. For the same year, the largest share of global cropland was in India (11 percent), followed by
442-619: The district's area. The most important river is the Jizera , which crosses the territory from north to southwest. Its longest tributaries in the district are the Oleška and Jizerka. The Cidlina originates here, but soon after leaves the district. The area is poor in bodies of water. Most of the Giant Mountains area of the district is protected as the Krkonoše National Park and belongs to
468-626: The highest croplandarea per capita are Kazakhstan, Australia and Canada, due to vast areas of land available. Globally, the total amount of permanent pasture according to the FAO has been in decline since 1998, in part due to a decrease of wool production in favor of synthetic fibers (such as polyester) and cotton . The decrease of permanent pasture, however, does not account for gross conversion (e.g. land extensively cleared for agriculture in some areas, while converted from agriculture to other uses elsewhere) and more detailed analyses have demonstrated this. For example, Lark et al. 2015 found that in
494-514: The largest share of the global cropland area in 2021 (37 percent), followedby the Americas (24 percent), Africa (19 percent), Europe (18 percent) and Oceania (2 percent). There were differences in cropland expansion in the different regions during this period – Oceania and Africa both had rapid growth in cropland area (33 percent and 27 percent), while Asia and the Americas had more moderate growth (4 percent and 2 percent). The cropland area of Europe declined between 2000 and 2021 by 5 percent. As aresult,
520-416: The market reduces. Landholders then put more land on the market – causing prices to fall. Conversely, land prices/rents fall when the demand for agricultural land declines because of falls in the returns from holding and using it. The immediate triggers for falls in land demand might be reductions in the demand for farm produce or in relevant government subsidies and tax reliefs. The cost of Russian farmland
546-780: The most valuable area of the country thanks to a significant amount of rare flora and fauna. In the west, two separate parts of the Bohemian Paradise Protected Landscape Area lie within the district. A small part of the Jizerské hory Protected Landscape Area also extends into the territory, although the Jizera Mountains range itself does not extend into the district. The largest employers with headquarters in Semily District and at least 500 employees are: The D10 motorway from Prague , which further continues as
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#1732869207530572-421: The north. The terrain is very diverse, mountainous in the north, foothills in the middle and slightly undulating in the south. The territory extends into five geomorphological mesoregions: Giant Mountains Foothills (most of the territory), Giant Mountains (north), Ještěd–Kozákov Ridge (a strip from west to south) and Jičín Uplands (southwest). The highest point of the district and of the entire Liberec Region
598-665: The status of districts only in 1971; Ostrava and Plzeň districts were later expanded. The capital city of Prague has a special status, being considered a municipality and region at the same time and not being a part of any district, but ten districts of Prague ( obvody ) were in some ways equivalent to okres . A reform in effect since January 2003 replaced the districts with 205 Administrative Districts of Municipalities with Extended Competence (abbreviated AD MEC; správní obvody obcí s rozšířenou působností , abbreviated SO ORP ), also called third-level municipalities, or unofficially "little districts". These municipalities took over most of
624-604: The years around 2010. Russia exported most to Egypt , Turkey and Iran in 2012; China was a significant export market as well. The average yield from the Krasnodar region was between 4 and 5 tonnes per ha, while the Russian average was only 2t/ha. The Basic Element Group , a conglomerate owned by Oleg Deripaska , is one of Russia's leading agricultural producers, and owns or manages 109,000ha of Russian farmland, out of 90m actual and 115m total (0.12% actual). In 2013, Ukraine
650-415: Was moved to selected municipalities. In 1960, Czechoslovakia was re-divided into districts ( okres , plural okresy ) often without regard to traditional division and local relationships. In the area of the Czech Republic, there were 75 districts; the 76th Jeseník District was split from Šumperk District in 1996. Three consisted only of statutory cities Brno , Ostrava and Plzeň which gained
676-480: Was ranked third in corn production and sixth in wheat production. It was the main supplier of corn , wheat , and rape to Europe, although it is unclear whether the internal supply from countries like France were accounted in this calculation. Ukrainian farmers achieve 60% of the output per unit area of their North American competitors. UkrLandFarming PLC produces, from 650,000 hectares (1.6m acres), corn, wheat, barley, sugar beet, and sunflowers. Until 2014,
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