Planá (České Budějovice District)

48°56′37″N 14°27′10″E / 48.94361°N 14.45278°E / 48.94361; 14.45278Country Czech RepublicRegionSouth BohemianDistrictČeské BudějoviceFirst mentioned1259Area • Total4.19 km² (1.62 sq mi)Elevation398 m (1,306 ft)Population • Total263 • Density63/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeWebsiteobecplana.cz

Planá (German: Plan) is a municipality and village in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.

The word planá meant 'barren', but it also denoted a wide, open landscape.^[2]

Planá is located about 4 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of České Budějovice. It lies in the České Budějovice Basin. The Vltava river forms the southern and eastern municipal borders.

The first written mention of Planá is from 1259.^[2] Between 1961 and 1990, it was an administrative part of Homole. Since 24 November 1990, it has been a separate municipality.^[3]

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 201 —     1880 183 −9.0% 1890 194 +6.0% 1900 204 +5.2% 1910 225 +10.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 307 +36.4% 1930 280 −8.8% 1950 264 −5.7% 1961 270 +2.3% 1970 233 −13.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 222 −4.7% 1991 200 −9.9% 2001 237 +18.5% 2011 247 +4.2% 2021 246 −0.4%
Source: Censuses[4][5]

The I/3 road (part of the European route E55), specifically the section from České Budějovice to the Czech-Austrian border in Dolní Dvořiště, runs through the municipality.

A part of České Budějovice Airport is located in the municipal territory.

Planá is poor in monuments. The only protected cultural monument is a homestead from 1881.^[6] In the centre of Planá is the Chapel of the Holy Trinity.

• Anton Ortmann (1801–1861), Austrian pharmacist and botanist
• Ferdinand Kowarz (1838–1914), Austrian entomologist