Chrášťany is a municipality and village in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants.
Administrative division Chrášťany consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):
Chrášťany (159) Benice (9) Černíkovice (45) Soběšovice (31)
Etymology The name is derived either from the word (meaning "people who came from Chrást"), or from (i.e. 'shrub') and chrášťané ("people living near a shrub").
Geography Chrášťany is located about west of Benešov and south of Prague. It lies in the Benešov Uplands. The highest point is on the slopes of the hill Neštětická hora at above sea level. The stream Tloskovský potok flows through the municipality.
History The first written mention of Chrášťany is from 1318. From 1597, the village was a part of the Konopiště estate and shared its owners.
Demographics
Transport There are no railways or major roads passing through the municipality.
Sights Among the protected cultural monuments in the municipality are the Chapel of the Virgin Mary in the centre of Chrášťany, built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1887, and a Baroque homestead in Soběšovice from around 1750.
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