Dolany is a municipality and village in Klatovy District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Dolany lies approximately north-west of Klatovy, south of Plzeň, and south-west of Prague.

Administrative division

Dolany consists of nine municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):

Dolany (409) Andělice (27) Balkovy (22) Komošín (5) Malechov (125) Řakom (33) Sekrýt (16) Svrčovec (239) Výrov (47)

Etymology The name Dolany is derived from the Czech word důl (in Old Czech written as dól), i.e. 'valley'.

Demographics

Notable people Franz von Pitha (1810–1875), Austrian surgeon

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