Liteň

Liteň consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):{{cite web |title=Public Census 2021 – basic data|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4690&katalog=33475&pvo=SLD21043-CO|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2022}}

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• Liteň (928)
• Běleč (183)
• Dolní Vlence (28)
• Leč (108)

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Liteň is located about {{convert|9|km|0}} southeast of Beroun and {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Prague. It lies in the Hořovice Uplands. The highest point is at {{convert|476|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. Half of the territory lies in the Bohemian Karst Protected Landscape Area.

The first written mention of Liteň is from 1195. In the 16th century, it became property of the Wratislaw of Mitrovice family. Liteň was burned down by the Swedish army led by General Johan Banér in 1639, during the Thirty Years' War. In 1648, the Bubna of Litice family acquired Liteň. In the 18th century, Wratislaws of Mitrovice regained Liteň. The village was promoted to a market town in 1838 by Emperor Ferdinand I.{{cite web |title=O naší historii|url=https://www.mestysliten.cz/o%2Dnasi%2Dhistorii/d-2767/p1=3072|publisher=Městys Liteň|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

{{historical populations

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|1869|1297

|1880|1406

|1890|1392

|1900|1563

|1910|1417

|1921|1282

|1930|1262

|1950|1248

|1961|1136

|1970|1009

|1980|1019

|1991|936

|2001|952

|2011|1093

|2021|1247

|source=Censuses{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/historicky-lexikon-obci-1869-az-2015|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}{{cite web |title=Population Census 2021: Population by sex|url=https://vdb.czso.cz/vdbvo2/faces/en/index.jsf?page=vystup-objekt-parametry&z=T&f=TABULKA&sp=A&skupId=4429&katalog=33515&pvo=SLD21001-OB-OK|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}}}

Liteň is located on the railway line of local importance from Lochovice to Zadní Třebaň.{{cite web |title=Detail stanice Liteň|url=https://www.cd.cz/stanice/liten/5476764|publisher=České dráhy|language=cs|access-date=2024-01-28}}

Festival of Jarmila Novotná is a music festival, which has been held every year in Liteň Castle since 2012.{{cite web |title=Festival Jarmily Novotné 2023|url=https://www.zamekliten.cz/12-rocnik/|publisher=Liteň Castle|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

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The Church of Saints Peter and Paul was originally a Gothic building from the 13th century, rebuilt in tha Baroque style in the 17th century.{{cite web |title=Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla|url=https://pamatkovykatalog.cz/kostel-sv-petra-a-pavla-2144910|publisher=National Heritage Institute|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

The Liteň Castle was built on the site of a former Gothic fortress in 1661 and rebuilt in the 18th century. Today it is privately owned and used for social and cultural purposes and as a hotel. Next to the castle is a castle park.{{cite web |title=Zámek Liteň|url=https://www.berounsko.net/turisticke-cile/zamek-liten/|publisher=Destinační agentura Berounsko|language=cs|access-date=2023-03-08}}

• Josef Šebestián Daubek (1842–1922), Czech-Austrian politician and entrepreneur; died here
• Bedřich Homola (1887–1943), general
• Jarmila Novotná (1907–1994), soprano and actress; lived here

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Category:Populated places in the Beroun District

Category:Market towns in the Czech Republic