Plavy is a municipality and village in Jablonec nad Nisou District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.
Administrative division Plavy consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): Plavy (524) Haratice (488)
Etymology The name is derived from the Czech word plav, which denoted a place where timber was rafted.
Geography Plavy is located about east of Jablonec nad Nisou and east of Liberec. It lies mostly in the Giant Mountains Foothills, only a small part of the municipal territory in the northwest extends into the Jizera Mountains. The highest point is at above sea level. The Kamenice River flows through the municipality.
History The first written mention of Plavy is from 1624.
Demographics
Transport The I/10 road (part of the European route E65) from Turnov to the Czech–Polish border in Harrachov runs through the municipality.
Plavy is located on the railway line Prague–Tanvald.
Sport Plavy is known for a small ski resort. There are three downhill routes.
Sights
The only protected cultural monuments in the municipality are the Art Nouveau house of the factory owner František Brůna, and the administrative building of Brůna's glass factory from the 1920s.
Notable people Josef Jindřišek (born 1981), footballer
Twin towns – sister cities
Plavy is twinned with: Paszowice, Poland
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