Všetaty () is a market town in Mělník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants.
Administrative division Všetaty consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Všetaty (1,567) Přívory (775)
Geography Všetaty is located about north of Prague. It lies in the Central Elbe Table. The highest point is the flat hill Cecemín at above sea level. The stream Košátecký potok flows through the market town.
History The first written mention of Všetaty is from 1255. Přívory was first mentioned in 1321. The railway was built in 1864, but the station was not opened until 1873.
Demographics
Transport Všetaty is an important railway hub. Two main railway lines Prague–Turnov and Kolín–Ústí nad Labem cross here.
Sights
The main landmark of Všetaty is the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. It was built in the Baroque style in 1780 and rebuilt in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1885.
The Jan Palach Memorial was founded in the original house where the Palach family lived. It houses an exhibition focused on the actions of Jan Palach and the time in which he lived.
Notable people Jan Palach (1948–1969), student who self-immolated himself in a protest against the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
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